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Comfortable Employees Are Productive Employees.
Are You Supporting Your Home Workers?

The events of 2020 have accelerated the shift to hybrid working as the new standard practice. Today, organisations need to have comprehensive, long-term strategies in place, such as providing ergonomic accessories to support and protect their employees beyond the boundaries of the traditional workspace. With three times more job adverts including ‘homeworking’ terms and 24% of businesses intending to increase homeworking reported last year*, the pandemic has permanently changed how we work.

We know that our productivity levels naturally fluctuate throughout the working week due to various internal and external factors – after all, we are not robots. A study* revealed that 65.5% of employees surveyed said they were more productive while working at home in lockdown and wanted to work mainly at home in the future. However, one common reason for flagging productivity at home is poor set up and equipment that, if not resolved, can lead to physical discomfort and permanent injury.

Working in an office environment typically constitutes having access to multiple monitors and a seamlessly connected range of external equipment and peripherals, including keyboards and mice. The sudden shift to widespread working from home has left a lot of people ‘making do’ with a laptop alone. Ergonomic equipment needs to be viewed as a required toolkit for productivity rather than a set of optional enhancements.

Kensington®, the worldwide leader of desktop computing and mobility solutions for IT, business, and home office professionals, offers the SmartFit® range of ergonomic accessories a solution to this issue and other ‘one size fits all’ ergonomic products on the market. To prevent repetitive strain injuries, the NHS recommends* supporting your neck, back, wrists and feet - introducing the Kensington foot rests and back supports, wrist rests, and laptop risers and monitor stands.

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Kensington's patented SmartFit® system helps each individual easily customise their work environments to get a personalised height adjustment and maximum comfort from their desktop accessories without the need for fancy tools or a lengthy assessment. Every SmartFit® product includes a hand chart in the box, helping you find the correct SmartFit® colour setting that will deliver optimum ergonomic comfort.

Kensington SmartFit® Conform Back Rest and SmartFit® hand chart.

Simply place your hand on the baseline of the hand chart. The tip of your middle finger indicates your SmartFit® colour. Then adjust your product to the correct SmartFit® colour setting without the use of any tools. "And voila!", you're all set to work more comfortably in seconds.

Creating a comfortable, ergonomic workstation has a knock-on effect on employee productivity and wellbeing. Comfortable employees are happier – and happier employees are more productive. It’s a positive feedback cycle that leads to strong business results. Organisations with highly effective health and productivity programs report 11% higher revenue per employee, 1.8 fewer days absent per employee per year and 28% greater shareholder returns.*

For more information, visit https://www.kensington.com/en-gb
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* Business and individual attitudes towards the future of homeworking, UK: April to May 2021

* Felstead, A and Reuschke, D (2020) ‘Homeworking in the UK: before and during the 2020 lockdown’, WISERD Report, Cardiff: Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research. Available for download from: https://wiserd.ac.uk/publications/homeworking-uk-and-during-2020-lockdown

* How to sit at your desk correctly, NHS UK https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/how-to-sit-correctly/

* Kensington, The Future of Working from Home (2021)