Simply put, yes bad smells can affect your performance at work. If not dealt with properly, odour issues could be affecting employee morale in your office. Can you guess why or how that actually happens? 1. Memories associated with...
Slip, trip and fall injuries are the most common injuries in the workplace and probably some of the easiest to prevent. They are also more than likely the last thing you think about in your office. If the old saying...
It’s hard to believe but there is less than a month left until the majority of South Africans pack away their laptops and uniforms and head off on their annual holiday. With this in mind, I thought it would...
If you read that headline and responded with a horrified “Of course not!” you may be surprised to know that research conducted by Initial into the habits of 5000 office workers found that one-third of office workers take their phone into the cubicle...
This time last year Nathalie’s blog, Holiday Hygiene: what you need to know, referred to an incident where more than 100 tourists fell ill with diarrhoea and vomiting. The patrons were diagnosed with Salmonella and E.coli infections and threatened legal...
We’ve written a couple of blogs recently about getting your office ready for the holidays, and the types of hygiene challenges that office environments might face over an extended break. But what if you work in an industry for which the Christmas...
As a society we are increasingly more aware of personal hygiene and wellness. We have seen social trends shift towards open air yoga classes, rewards systems for healthy living and hand sanitisers in every imaginable space. Hand sanitisers are often...
Our sense of smell (or ‘olfaction’ to use its scientific name) is the most powerful of all our five senses and is closely linked with emotion and memory, probably more so than any of our other senses. Smell bypasses...
As we go about our day we are so focused on what we need to accomplish that we seldom think of the potential dangers lurking on every surface and touchpoint with which we come into contact. In the infographic...
For many of us the bathroom is a measure of the hygiene in an establishment. How do you know your bathrooms have ticked all the boxes for hygiene and cleanliness? When rating a bathroom one generally tends to focus on a...