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Eight tips to prevent prolonged sitting at the workplace
26 October 2023
Do your employees also mainly perform screen work where they sit still for long periods during the day?
This behavior, also known as sedentary behavior, is ubiquitous in modern society.
This lifestyle is increasingly recognized as a serious threat to health.
And this both in the workplace and outside of it.
This behavior, also known as sedentary behavior, is ubiquitous in modern society.
This lifestyle is increasingly recognized as a serious threat to health.
And this both in the workplace and outside of it.
How is the preventive health policy in your company?
17 October 2023
The Flemish Institute for Healthy Living vzw invites all Dutch-speaking companies in Flanders and Brussels to participate in the Prevention Survey. In exchange for 10 minutes of your time, you have a chance to win a Sports Trial Session for your company or a package of nudging materials around healthy eating.
A magnificent worker
3 October 2023
The ideal reinforcement might be an employee with a disability. And the campaign 'Pracht van een werkkracht' (Splendor of a workforce) by the Department of Work and Social Economy wants to prove that. Thanks to the individual customized work premiums, employers receive financial support when hiring and employing people with disabilities. Self-employed individuals with a disability can also count on support.
In 4 steps to a correctly configured VDU workstation
26 July 2023
You don't just get a perfectly adjusted monitor workstation, as there are still some settings you should take into account. At Premed, we have neatly listed these guidelines, ranging from the adjustment of your office chair and table to the position of the screen, keyboard, and other accessories.
Individual customization
4 July 2023
Are you an employer and does one of your current or future employees have a work disability? Or are you self-employed with a work disability? In that case, you may be able to benefit from individual customization. With the help of individual customized premiums, you can compensate for any additional costs for the organization resulting from the work disability, as well as the costs for on-the-job guidance.
Movement challenge Premed
23 May 2023
On May 1st, we at Premed started a real 'movement challenge' guided by Springbok Coaching. 32 brave employees will embark on a virtual walking trip in 62 days from Leuven to Lekki Nature Park (Nigeria), covering no less than 8,430 kilometers with some beautiful stops along the way in Barcelona, Tarifa, Algeria, and Mali!
Time for a repeat of the risk analysis around display screen work?
4 April 2023
From January 1, 2016, the periodic occupational medical examination for VDU workers is no longer a necessity. Since then, legislation requires a VDU work risk analysis to be carried out at least every 5 years.
FEDRIS - project on the early detection of sinonasal cancers in ex-woodworkers is continued
23 March 2023
Fedris has extended its health surveillance project. The goal of this project is the early detection of sinonasal cancers in former woodworkers. An early diagnosis is important: the chance of recovery is much higher then.