An update on health and safety working practices 

In the current climate, many businesses have embraced flexible working and working from home, increasingly we find ourselves plunged into doing so, far longer than originally expected. Inadequate home set-up arrangements could be causing thousands of workers discomfort from working remotely and they are at risk from developing some form of musculoskeletal pain. Lack of personal interaction, communication, lone working, and increased costs due to home working is pointing to an increase in work related stress and mental health issues. Anyone can suffer from work-related stress, no matter what work they do or what level of the organisation they operate at, if work-related stress is not addressed it can lead to common mental health conditions.

Safehands have adopted a HY-BRID model of home and office working, based on a rotational system,

‘In my opinion mixing the two is the way forward, not one or the other’."