Working ergonomically

The Corona pandemic has triggered a home office boom, which is also being politically encouraged: German employers must now offer a work at home option whenever possible. This provision is outlined in the Corona Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance, which came into force on 27 January 2021. According to a Bitkom survey of more than 1,500 employees, around 35 percent ...

The average office worker spends a total of 80,000 hours sitting down at work – the equivalent of more than nine years. However, many employees find it difficult to maintain a healthy sitting posture over long periods of time, what can result in damage of the spine. Many Germans (36 percent) think that lack of exercise and sitting at a desk for long periods of time durin...

We sit for most of our day. Adults spend on average 50 to 70 percent of their time sitting. We sit on sofas, chairs, benches, on the train, on the bicycle and at work. Comfort is very important to us and many people would like to find comfort in an armchair. But few people ever think about where the furniture actually comes from or how it has changed over the centuries. ...