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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY

Professor Ergo is here with a 4 step guide on how to set up your workstation correctly. He will help you create a more comfortable, organised and productive workstation by providing advice and ergonomic product recommendations. Professor Ergo aims to help employees achieve a healthier working environment by enhancing comfort and reducing health risks resulting from poor posture at the workstation.

Getting started is easy, simply visit www.ergo.fellowes.com and take the online workstation assessment. Answer the series of questions about your current workstation layout and you can then email your answers to your employer.

• 5 00,000 workers in the UK have reported a repetitive strain injury* • a total of 5 .4 million working days* are lost due to sick leave in one year • it is estimated that RSI related injuries could cost the UK economy up to £20 billion a year** • 3 1 % of UK workers do not take regular breaks from their workstation.***

‘Professor Ergo’ will not only offer you solutions to improve your workstation but will offer ergonomic product recommendations. This allows businesses to make cost effective decisions, as the recommendations ensure you only purchase what you need and what will have the most impact.

Explore www.ergo.fellowes.com for tips and advice on how you should be sat at your computer as well as product recommendations from Fellowes, to ensure correct ergonomic posture is achieved. The site also offers a toolkit of materials to help promote correct posture whilst working at your computer and a useful video with Professor Ergo providing a virtual tour of and ideal desk layout.

Implementing ergonomics into the workplace is a golden opportunity for all employers no matter how large or small their company, and by engaging with free programmes such as ‘Professor Ergo’, applying the science of ergonomics is easier and more manageable than ever. Visit ww informa

*TUC 2009

** Repetitve Strain Injury Organisation, UK ***www.viewsonic.co.uk

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