Type Guides & Tools
Australia
LanguageEnglish
ProviderBe Upstanding
This short blog provides advice on active strategies to prioritise healthy activity that can fit into your work at home schedule. This can be beneficial even if you participate in a regular physical activity. The tips are divided into 3 areas: Setting up a proper work environment; taking active...
Type Guides & Tools
Australia
LanguageEnglish
ProviderBe Upstanding
This blog provides ideas for adopting different positions for working at home, other than standard sitting on a chair at a desk. The ideas for sitting in different postures on the floor or exercising while standing may not suit everybody, but it shows how the opportunity of working at home can be...
Type Guides & Tools
Australia
LanguageEnglish
ProviderBe Upstanding
This toolkit is a collection of information, guidance materials and templates that can help workplaces develop and apply an organisational strategy to reduce prolonged sitting in the workplace. Prolonged sitting poses significant risks to the health of workers and to the organisations they work for...
Type Guides & Tools
Australia
LanguageEnglish
ProviderWorksafe Australia
This reports examines the most recent evidence from Australia and overseas on sedentary work, its likely consequences and the potential control options.
Type Guides & Tools
Australia
LanguageEnglish
ProviderWorksafe Australia
This report provides a detailed examination of the causes, impacts and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). It outlines current knowledge of WMSD hazards and risk factors, statistics on incidence and impact, and a review of WMSD interventions in Australia and...
Type Guides & Tools
Australia
LanguageEnglish
ProviderAustralian Government Comcare
This factsheet provides an overview of what musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are, the multifactorial nature of these conditions and the need to address both physical and psychosocial hazards in preventing and managing these disorders.