Every Friday we pass on a few articles, pictures, videos, infographics, etc. we enjoyed throughout the week in a “Best of the Week” post.

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The Organizational “Body”: Improved Employee Health
NIFS for Fitness 

When was the last time you did an organizational health checkup? If your organization were one body, what would its state of health be? How would you read its vital signs? …

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Billions In Annual Losses to Workplace Injury Can Be Cut By Training, Awareness
PR Web 

Reacting to $50 billion in workers’ compensation payments cited by the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, attorney Thomas J. Schaffer of Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co., L.P.A., says focus should be on prevention …

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Creative Benefits to Engage, Motivate and Retain
Corporate Wellness Insights 

Employers are learning that when chosen and implemented effectively, benefits can demonstrate leadership’s concern for the well-being of employees, reinforce cultural values, and foster deeper employee engagement …

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Culture and Traditions: Ergonomics in the Medina
Humantech

Seeing and learning about the daily workings and ways of life in other counties and cultures helps me keep things in perspective. While in Morocco, I noticed that most ground-level work was done manually by people working in a bent over, flexed-back posture …

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From the Ergonomics Plus blog this week – Injury Prevention Tip: Heart Disease Awareness and Prevention