With more employees working remotely, it is important to set up your home workspace to prevent injury and discomfort. By incorporating ergonomics into your space you can improve your efficiency and productivity by being comfortable and prevent unnecessary stress to your body.

Seating Tips

• Hands, wrists, and forearms are straight, inline and roughly parallel to the floor.
• Head is neutral, no chin up or chin down, forward facing, and balanced. Generally it is in-line with the torso.
• Shoulders are relaxed and upper arms hang normally at the side of the body. 
• Elbows stay in close to the body and are bent approximately 90 degrees.
• Feet are fully supported by the floor or a footrest.
• Back is fully supported with appropriate chair and/or lumbar support when sitting.
• Thighs and hips are supported by the seat and generally parallel to the floor.
• Knees are about the same height as the hips .

Stand up, move and stretch every 30-60 minutes if possible. This allows you to use different muscles in your body and improves your circulation.

To Prevent Digital Eye Strain:

Take a 20 second break every 20 minutes to look at something 20 feet away.

Arrangement Tips

• Avoid cradling the telephone with your head/neck for any extended period of time. Use speaker phone or a headset instead.
• Reduce glare by re-positioning monitor parallel to the windows, reducing overhead lighting, using window blinds, tilting the monitor screen to a natural position or using antiglare filter.
• Move frequently used items within easy reach to stay within “usual work” and “occasional work” zones. If you need to reach the overhead bins, stand up and use two hands to pull materials.