Wellness Café

Top tips for a safer, healthier workplace

Feb 12, 2025

A safe workplace is everyone’s right. Here’s how to stay safe, healthy and happy at work.

Clean your environment
- Messy desks and workspaces are dangerous. Keep cables untangled, store items properly and clear walkways of tripping hazards.
- Wipe surfaces, wash hands regularly and keep sanitiser handy.
- When you’re unwell, work remotely if possible. If office based, avoid close contact with others, cough or sneeze into your elbow or tissues, and wash your hands regularly.

At your workstation
- Set reminders to stand, stretch, or walk every 30–60 minutes.
- If you work on a screen. Follow the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet (around six metres) away for 20 seconds.
- Drink enough water to stay alert, and fight headaches and tiredness (around 1.5-2 litres). Choose healthy snacks such as nuts and fruit.

Be safety smart
- Know where the first aid kit is and how to use it.
- Familiarise yourself with evacuation routes and extinguisher locations. And, next time there’s a fire drill, take it seriously.

Take advantage of your workplace wellness programmeThis wellness resource is there to support you with mental health, financial concerns, and stress management.

Reference

National Institute for Occupational Health

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