Comments on: Top Ten Facts About Office Temperature http://safetyconcepts.com.au/478/top-ten-facts-about-office-temperature/ Workplace Health and Safety Information and OHS Resources for Australian Workers Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: amanda zerbst http://safetyconcepts.com.au/478/top-ten-facts-about-office-temperature/comment-page-1/#comment-987 amanda zerbst Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:39:21 +0000 http://safetyconcepts.com.au/?p=478#comment-987 Temperature control is an ongoing problem in large government offices however what I find even more alarming is the lack of thought given by management when introducing new systems of work. Of particular concern are the OH&S consequences of the paperless office. Take a large group of people sitting at desks, make everything they read electronic, eliminating paper files, correspondence, change their system of work so that there is no variety at all, not even folding a letter, getting up to go to a printer, or answering a phone and this is a recipe for disaster. This is what NSW Government considers as progressive. At no stage at all during the planning or the implementation of this new system did anyone consider how this would adversely affect the health and welfare of the workers using the system. Temperature control is an ongoing problem in large government offices however what I find even more alarming is the lack of thought given by management when introducing new systems of work. Of particular concern are the OH&S consequences of the paperless office. Take a large group of people sitting at desks, make everything they read electronic, eliminating paper files, correspondence, change their system of work so that there is no variety at all, not even folding a letter, getting up to go to a printer, or answering a phone and this is a recipe for disaster. This is what NSW Government considers as progressive. At no stage at all during the planning or the implementation of this new system did anyone consider how this would adversely affect the health and welfare of the workers using the system.

]]> By: nathan Howell http://safetyconcepts.com.au/478/top-ten-facts-about-office-temperature/comment-page-1/#comment-574 nathan Howell Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:25:58 +0000 http://safetyconcepts.com.au/?p=478#comment-574 The AS referenced has been withdrawn The AS referenced has been withdrawn

]]> By: Mitchell Page http://safetyconcepts.com.au/478/top-ten-facts-about-office-temperature/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Mitchell Page Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:43:25 +0000 http://safetyconcepts.com.au/?p=478#comment-362 This article is one of the best I have seen about office temperature. In my previous government department (police) there were always complaints about the air conditioning. if this article was about then it would have helped me explain better why there was so much difference in the temperatures. Thank you for a good helpful article This article is one of the best I have seen about office temperature. In my previous government department (police) there were always complaints about the air conditioning. if this article was about then it would have helped me explain better why there was so much difference in the temperatures.

Thank you for a good helpful article

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