Office Workers

Have you ever struggled into work when you felt really ill, and didn’t want to be there? A staggering 50 per cent of UK employees feel pressurized by their manager to come into work when they are sick, according to new research by recruitment giant Adecco Retail. More than 1,000 participants were interviewed, and men […]

Indoor Spring Garden in HOK Office, London Is the office pot plant out of fashion? Some top architects think so, but that doesn’t mean that plants themselves are out of vogue – they are simply being incorporated into state-of-the-art office designs. Planting is becoming part of the design process rather than an afterthought. In fact, […]

Stress balls – those little palm sized balls made from high density foam, soft rubber, or squeezable polyurethane – can be found on many a manager’s desk. But do they really have any benefit? Although few studies have been carried out on the efficacy of these popular office stress-busters, it is a fact that repeated […]

Some people joke that they are allergic to work – but there may be more than a grain of truth in their claims, as the huge scale of Britain’s workplace allergy problems are revealed. It is thought that a staggering 5.7 million people could be allergic to their workplace, suffering symptoms such as nasal and […]

Fear of terrorist attacks or natural disasters has driven some city-based office workers to create their own ‘evacuation kits’. The backpacks are crammed full of essential items to help the owner get to safety and make it home if transport systems or power networks are down in an emergency. Items in the Urban Emergency Evacuation […]

Office workers who feel ‘under the weather’ should be aware they are prime candidates for Vitamin D deficiency – and it can have a whole host of health repercussions. Lack of ‘the sunshine vitamin’ has been linked to a number of problems in recent years, not just weak bones. Healthy levels of Vitamin D are […]