Although ergonomic recommendations for equipment, layout and organisation for the home office exist and are known to people who work regularly at home, this is not necessarily the case for those who find themselves having to work at home suddenly because of COVID-19. The ergonomic design of a screen...

This brochure gives information about both standing and sitting in the workplace. It gives tips on when to sit and when to stand and also provides useful information about the main risks associated with standing and/or sitting and how to overcome these risks.

This leaflet provides valuable tips for optimal workplace design and shows how workers can protect themselves from the harmful consequences of sitting. Working for long periods of time while sitting can cause pain and is a health risk.

This flyer provides helpful tips on how to best design workplaces and how to protect from the adverse effects of sitting at work. Prolonged sitting at work can cause discomfort and health hazards.

This booklet presents basic information about ergonomics: introduction, workplace environment, constrained postures, monotone demands, handling of loads, choice of work equipment, arrangement and dimensions of work places.

A series of short videos (in the chapters of the FCOS Box) shows how to ensure greater safety in the office, including ergonomics, and which factors need to be considered to achieve this. Each chapter contains practical tips and they are also downloadable as pdf.

This leaflet presents 5 practical and simple tips for designing your computerised workstation.