Take aches and pains out of your workplace
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Occupational therapist Karen Jacobs stumbled into the study of ergonomics quite by accident. She walked into her children's computer classroom in middle school and was horrified. "Everything was a mismatch," she remembers about the chairs, tables, and computers. "I thought, 'Oh my gosh, they are predisposing themselves to discomfort.' "
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Online tools can help workers assess their planâs health.
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No, tell us how you really feel. This Labor Day, workers are saying their biggest work problems are mostly economic. Their pay is not keeping up with increasing health-care costs or other increases in living expenses. They are disgruntled enough to look for work on the job. Retirement "security"...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A number of employers apparently are willing to let their workers walk. Steelcase Inc. says many companies have expressed interest in its newest product, which combines an office workstation with a treadmill so workers can burn calories while earning a paycheck.
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Are you the kind of employee who drags yourself to work no matter how lousy you're feeling? A survey by tax and business law information and software provider CCH says 56 percent of employers now report that "presenteeism," when sick employees show up for work, is a problem for them. Just 39 percent said that in a survey two years ago.
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Business & money: Employees allowed to bring pets into workplace for a day.
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More than half of all employees say they have Âhigh levels of stress,Â extreme fatigue and/or feel out of control.
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NEW YORK  - People who work from  mid-afternoon into the wee hours of the night are liable to  develop problems such as heartburn, stomach ulcers and  constipation, new research shows.
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The fall can be an anxious time for employees, as companies hold their annual open enrollment periods and invite workers to choose benefits from a complex range of health insurance, disability coverage, and retirement savings alternatives.
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Did you feel that extra jolt of electricity in the air when you arrived at work today? Yes, it's...
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This week marks the second anniversary of this column's debut. Etiquette at Work began with a simple concept: People want solutions to work-related questions and issues. Whether it's a vexing problem affecting your daily work life --such as how to tell a boss she has body odor, or deal with the cube mate who likes to take his shoes and ...
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You go to the drugstore to refill a prescription and learn the doctor's left town. You spend an extra week in pain because disk surgery isn't an emergency. You're admitted to a hospital, but the rooms are full, so you spend days in ER.
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The European Commission launched a campaign Monday to fight backache and other bone and muscle pains which are the most common work-related heath problem in Europe costing billions of dollars in lost labor hours.
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Workers who spend excessive amounts of time at their desk could be putting their lives at risk, research suggests.
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Boost your mood by stretching your paycheck.
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The next time the boss finds you snoozing at your desk, take heart.
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Bumps on the road to retirement smooth themselves out.