1. New version available Workstation Essentials
2. IOSH 2006 Health and Safety Conference & Exhibition - London
3. Complimentary downloads: EssentialSkillz Screen Savers
4. New EssentialSkillz Customers
5. Customer Testimonials
6. Useful Health and Safety Publications
7. Around the globe Health & Safety odd-bits

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1. New Workstation Essentials
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EssentialSkillz have released their latest DSE solution Workstation Essentials

Workstation Essentials provides online training and a fully customised risk assessment solution to help you achieve compliance with the DSE regulations.

Additional features and benefits offered in the latest version are as follows:
- Fresh new graphics, animations and interactive activities for increased retention of information
- New lesson devoted to the use of laptops
- New bookmarking facility which allows users to exit training and resume later

Also available:
- New international (non EU) DSE training and risk assessment solution

The Workstation Essentials solution remains focused on employee knowledge and understanding of appropriate workstation use and prevention of long term injuries. The risk assessment solution can be customised to match the policy and language of any organisation. Additional assessments can be easily created and managed using our Online Learning Management System (O-LAS).

To request a no-obligation, 28-day trial of this, or any of the other EssentialSkillz award-winning courses, please complete this online form:  http://www.essentialskillz.com/evaluate.html

 

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2. IOSH 2006 conference and exhibition
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Theme - Health and safety: fit for business

Why go:
- "A valuable event for Safety Practitioners and Managers with health and safety responsibilities" IOSH testimonial
- Conference tracks including best practice, legal and regulatory updates, specialist areas and more
- Meet EssentialSkillz all new Business Development, Marketing & Customer Support team @ Stand 102

Get more information on IOSH 2006 at:
http://www.ioshconference.co.uk

EssentialSkillz can offer you a 10% discount for the conference. To register, please follow the link below and quote V2801 to receive your discounted rate:  http://www.ioshconference.co.uk/2006/default.asp?page=register

 

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3. Complimentary downloads: EssentialSkillz Screen Savers
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Did you know that  EssentialSkillz Screen Savers can be customised to reflect your organisation's corporate identity?
 

To view demos or download one of our popular EssentialSkillz Screen Savers, please follow the link below: http://www.essentialskillz.com/screensavers.html

 

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4. New EssentialSkillz Customers
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EssentialSkillz provide solutions to a wide variety of leading organisations such as Rolls-Royce plc, Heineken, Boston Scientific, and the European Bank.

 

We are delighted to welcome the following new customers on board:

EDF Energy
CI Traders
Allied Bakeries
Baillie Gifford
Competition Commission
Kern
Balcas Timber
Old Square Chambers

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5. Customer Testimonial
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“Heineken deploys activities in over 170 countries world wide.  To roll out a Health and Safety policy you need tools that are effective in translating your philosophy.  The EssentialSkillz training tool kit is of considerable benefit in transferring our Health and Safety message to local staff.  I turned into a believer the first time I came upon it during an IOSH exhibition some years ago.”

Erik.W.N. van Vliet, Company Medical Advisor, Heineken

 

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6. Useful Health and Safety Publications
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Check out the latest booklet from the HSE entitled Making Health & Safety Pay: http://www.hse.gov.uk/betterbusiness/large/hsebooklet.pdf

 

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7. Around the globe Health & Safety odd-bits
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A secretary who was sacked in Brazil for wearing high heels has won back her job.
The woman, 32, from Taboao da Serra, sued for unfair dismissal after she lost her job for the Planarc Company.
The company admitted sacking her only because she wore high heels to work, reports Folha de Sao Paulo.
The company´s lawyer said that her choice of footwear made her more likely to fall, injuring herself and potentially costing the company money.
"She was an accident waiting to happen!" he said.
But an industrial tribunal ruled that the company would have been within its rights to discipline the woman but not to fire her.
The company was ordered to offer the woman, who cannot be named, her job back.

Workers paid bonuses for chin-ups

A Finnish employer is offering £115 cash bonuses to workers who can do more chin-ups than he can.
Crane company boss Pekka Niska from Helsinki said the health push may cost him money but will be worth it to have fit and healthy staff.
Mr Niska, who at 66 still has bulging biceps and a washboard stomach, said: "I want fit employees. Even if it costs me hundreds of thousands of pounds it will be worth it in the end because their output will increase four-fold."
Workers who want to go jogging during the day can also take up to an hour on full pay beside their lunch hour, and Niska will pay 70p for every kilometre they run after work.
Employee Anette Hollander said: "I have so much more energy after a 10 kilometre jog that I get much more done at work than I normally would."
However, Niska's plan to offer a £350 bonus to those who do not take any sick days all year has been criticised by some, who say it will encourage genuinely sick people to keep working.