Napping at work is not allowed in many organisations and yet tired or fatigued employees can have a significant effect in the workplace, reducing both safety and productivity. What is a Power Nap? A power nap is a short sleep that ends before you go into deep sleep (slow-wave sleep; SWS); it is intended to quickly…
Many industries rely on workers being physically and mentally alert however workplace fatigue is on the rise as people work longer hours often under increasingly difficult conditions and stress brought about by COVID-19. This article explores common causes of fatigue and offers key recommendations for managers and staff. What is fatigue? Fatigue is a state…
Finding the best roster to fit your organisation can be tricky. Typically managers hope for a lean roster, staff want time off whilst health and safety professionals want a fatigue safe roster. Common questions are; how long should the shift be, should a roster pattern rotate backwards or forwards, if doing 12 hour shifts should…
Fiona Johnston – Learn the secrets of how to get a great sleep
This important new event brings together industry experts, senior managers, academics and stakeholders to showcase, examine and discuss the key aspects of modern shiftworking. Join them to get the best for workers and their managers involved in the 24/7 workforce in 2020.
Be in the room to enjoy:
New thinking in the struggle against workforce fatigue
Policy & standard updates on employment laws
Rostering techniques, tools, tips and tricks
Health, safety and wellbeing updates from a healthcare and legal perspective
Case studies of successful management of shiftworkers on high value projects
Presentations from industry leaders about how they operate their 24/7 workforce
This conference covers four important sections of content affecting shiftworkers in New Zealand:
Legal compliance with health and safety
Rostering, productivity and engagement
Responding to fatigue in the workplace
Delivering workplace education, support and engagement
The humble stretch can help calm the mind, reduce tension headaches, improve posture, reduce body aches, increase blood flow to your muscles and increase flexibility. To help us understand how to stretch Graeme Saxby from Peace and Performance Osteopathy, has produced a short video of humble stretches that anyone can use. He shows us simple…
Since lockdown in New Zealand on 26th March 2020 many shiftworkers are now working longer and harder than ever to keep our essential services going. For that we are all truly grateful. The cost for many however, is increased worry, anxiety and fatigue. This may be due to additional work demands, working from home, uncertainty…
This important new event brings together industry experts, senior managers, academics and stakeholders to showcase, examine and discuss the key aspects of modern shiftworking. Join them to get the best for workers and their managers involved in the 24/7 workforce in 2020.
Be in the room to enjoy:
New thinking in the struggle against workforce fatigue
Policy & standard updates on employment laws
Rostering techniques, tools, tips and tricks
Health, safety and wellbeing updates from a healthcare and legal perspective
Case studies of successful management of shiftworkers on high value projects
Presentations from industry leaders about how they operate their 24/7 workforce
This conference covers four important sections of content affecting shiftworkers in New Zealand:
Legal compliance with health and safety
Rostering, productivity and engagement
Responding to fatigue in the workplace
Delivering workplace education, support and engagement
This important new event brings together industry experts, senior managers, academics and stakeholders to showcase, examine and discuss the key aspects of modern shiftworking. Join them to get the best for workers and their managers involved in the 24/7 workforce in 2020.
Be in the room to enjoy:
New thinking in the struggle against workforce fatigue
Policy & standard updates on employment laws
Rostering techniques, tools, tips and tricks
Health, safety and wellbeing updates from a healthcare and legal perspective
Case studies of successful management of shiftworkers on high value projects
Presentations from industry leaders about how they operate their 24/7 workforce
This conference covers four important sections of content affecting shiftworkers in New Zealand:
Legal compliance with health and safety
Rostering, productivity and engagement
Responding to fatigue in the workplace
Delivering workplace education, support and engagement
In this session we will be discussing the value of power napping as an alertness strategy, including how to nap, when to nap and why some organisation are sanctioning this as a valid way of staying awake on night shift.
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