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Many surveys and studies confirm that work pressures and fears are, by far, the leading source of stress for adults in the western world. Here are just a few statistics. More than 50% of workers often spend 12-hour-days on work related duties and frequently skip lunch due to the stress of job demands.

According to an International Labour Organisation study, workers put in an equivalent of an extra 40-hour week in the year 2000, compared with 10 years earlier.

It’s estimated that one million workers are absent every day due to stress. 40% of job turnover is due to stress. And 60-80% of accidents on the job is stress related.

Job related stress is more likely to become chronic because it’s such a large part of your daily life.

What are the causes of stress at work?

The most common complaints include,

· Having no participation in decisions that affect your responsibilities.
· Unrelenting or unreasonable demands for performance.
· Lack of communication.
· Conflicts between workers or employers.
· Lack of job security.
· Long hours.
· Excessive time spent away from home and family.
· Office politics.
· Wages not equal to your levels of responsibility.

Many companies often put intense pressure on employees to perform, which can lead to high levels of tension.

For employers, treating stress has many benefits. In one study a company set up a two year stress management and education program which saved money both in compensation costs and less days lost due to sickness.

In Japan, where culturally, expectation levels are very high, approaches to reducing workplace stress include educational consultation programs for each individual worker.

Techniques to reduce work-related stress

Here are a few ways to reduce your stress at work,

· Find a sympathetic manager or personnel manager to talk to about your job stress concerns. This can be effective if it’s non-confrontational.
· Establish a network of friends at work and home.
· Re-structure your working day and priorities to eliminate unnecessary tasks.
· Focus on the positive aspects of your work, but if the job is unendurable, plan and execute a career change or transfer roles within the company.
· Schedule pleasant activities frequently and perhaps some physical exercise during lunch.

There is one last cause of stress at work. And it slowly but effectively erodes your health, dreams and happiness. None of the stress relief techniques will help if you are in the wrong job or industry. There is only one answer to this.

You have to work out what you want to do with your life. What activities you love. And you have to plan a career change. Stress caused by job dissatisfaction will never go away until you get a job you love, or at least like.

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If you already do not understand OHS, it stands for Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, passed in the year 2001. The regulation aims to ensure that any work condition for an employee is made sure to be safe and secure by providing them high visibility clothing, other safety wear and supervising their use.

Workers that work on road, including traffic controllers, emergency service personnel, crane chasers and ground crew, are prescribed this kind of clothing under OHS regulation. The high visibility clothing is one of the equipment for personal safety, formally termed as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). High visibility clothing is not a safety system in itself. It is amongst the least effective measures to control risks during work and ensure safety.

OHS prescribes a risk assessment process in its chapter 2 to be carried out in consultation with employees. This implies identifying all types of hazards and risks involved at a work place and determining the effective control means/measures to reduce the risks/hazards.

Accordingly, high visibility clothing may be provided free of cost to the workers with proper supervision of its use. The visibility clothing complies with Australian Standard AS/NZS 4602:1999.

OHS considers risks to employees at work from all angles. It includes proximity to certain equipment, traffic, et al. It also considers factors like weather conditions, ultraviolet radiation of the sun, extreme temperatures at work place, lightning and so on.

If you are interested in going through a store providing work safety wear, visit http://www.lodworkwear.com.au. The site will also allow you to preview high visibility work wear suggested under OHS regulation.

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Managing stress and fatigue seems to be an elusive dream for many. They know they have unmanaged stress, and they realize it is leading to ongoing fatigue, but they are at a loss as to what to do. They may not want to visit a professional for help, and are instead seeking Internet articles.

Managing stress and fatigue is the focus of articles across the Internet. We review a few of them here for your help.

Managing Stress and Fatigue – Article for Employees

The New Zealand Dept. of Labour has posted a number of good articles on managing stress and fatigue on their OSH government website. These articles are designed for different audiences, so you may find what you need there. One from July 9, 2003, advises both employers and employees on practical ways to handle stress in the workplace. Entitled “Healthy Work – Managing Stress and Fatigue in the Workplace,” this article can be downloaded and printed for discussion and reference. This article points out that not only employers, but employees also have responsibilities for managing stress and fatigue.

Managing Stress and Fatigue – Article for Travelers

Frequent travelers will appreciate an article about managing stress and fatigue while traveling. The Forbes website posted an article on October 18, 2006 that Hannah Clark wrote about managing stress and fatigue. Ms. Clark gives practical tips in her article: how to improve circulation in the legs; how to reduce plane noise; how to decompress when you arrive. If you travel by plane frequently, or travel across time zones by plane, this article will be a big help in managing stress on your next trip.

Managing Stress and Fatigue – Article for Veterinarians

The August 15, 2004 issue of Javma News has a helpful article on managing stress and fatigue, particularly if the fatigue comes in part from being compassionate to others. If, for example, a veterinarian must give bad news to a pet owner, it causes compassion fatigue. The author uses the example of a passenger on an airplane. The emergency instructions given urge that if the oxygen masks drop, you adjust your own first, and then help others. The focus of this article is on making sure you take action to manage your own stress so that you are able to show compassion to others. Very practical tips are given for managing stress. This article can be found at the American Veterinary Medical Association website.

Managing Stress and Fatigue – Article for Everyone

Managing stress and fatigue is often a matter of understanding stress. “Signs and Symptoms, Causes of Stress” is an article by this author that offers simple insights into the true meaning of stress. Whether it is family stress, workplace stress, or stress among children and students, managing stress and fatigue will begin with an understanding that stress is your response to stressors. You may not be able to manage the stressor itself, but you can manage your response. You can respond positively, resulting in beneficial eustress, or negatively, resulting in debilitating distress.

For example, efforts to stop smoking frequently generate a need for managing stress and fatigue. The stress is not the fact that you cannot smoke when you want to smoke. That is the stressor. On the one hand, your response to that stressor can be one of delight that you are finally going to kick the habit. Such a response will be beneficial stress that empowers you to refrain from smoking. On the other hand, your response may be a desire to fight against your determination to quit. You may respond inwardly that it is too difficult and too tiring. You become depressed by the situation. Such debilitating stress, i.e. response to stressors, can cause fatigue.

Managing stress and fatigue is a matter of playing both ends against the middle.

1. Fatigue can often be the cause of stress, since we are less able to respond appropriately when we are tired. Sufficient rest is key in managing stress at any level. Setting regular sleep hours, and adhering to them, can relax the mind, emotions, and physical body, making them ready to deal with stressors.

2. Stress can often be the cause of fatigue. Responding to stressors with debilitating distress drains the body of energy and leaves an individual lethargic. Responding with beneficial eustress fills the body with energy and happiness. Managing stress with eustress will usually result in a reduction of fatigue.

Helpful Tip

Beware of articles on managing stress and fatigue that lead you to believe you can only manage after stress and fatigue have occurred. Many seem to believe that managing stress and fatigue is a matter of locking the barn door after the horse has gotten out and is racing across the fields. Managing stress and fatigue requires a proactive approach. Gain an understanding of stress and fatigue, and build guards into your life so that you can respond with eustress.

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State of RI Jobs, Part Time Jobs in RI. Now Hiring.

Rhode Island has the highest employment rate in the country, thanks to some of our elected officials. Instead of welcoming new businesses into the state, Rhode Island has chased them away.

I am surprised at how badly things are for some fellow Rhode Islanders. I have been fortunate enough to have learned the skills in the last 9 months to become a successful online marketer. I don’t have to depend on greasy Rhode Island politicians who could care less about the hard working people who elected them. They have a job with great benefits. Some even have a state car and cellphone paid for by you, the Rhode Island taxpayer.

Do you think the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training will help you? We all know the answer to that question.

I have only been at internet marketing  for 9 months and have earned over $21,000.00. To most that might seem like chump change, but to me, a high school dropout from Veterans Memorial High School in Warwick, it’s a fortune.  I also have never done any kind of internet marketing in my life, so I think this is excellent income with that being said.

I am hoping to double my income next year to about $60,000.00. With the momentum my sales have been gaining, I may hit well over my projected sales and income target.

I knew the job situation in Rhode Island was not going to get any better before 2011. So I spent hundreds of hours online trying to find something I could do, with all the spare time I had, and make money too. I had way to much free time on my hands and was so bored and depressed about the future of employment in this state, I just wanted to throw up.

I ended up spending a couple of months online learning about how to promote and sell other people’s products and collect a commission every time I did. I did not have a dime to invest in a business so this was the only way to go.

I got lucky and found WAU. After only a couple of weeks of studying and learning, I made my first sale using a technique I learned. I jumped up and down and the rest is history.

WAU rocks! That’s all I can say.

Much Success to all of my fellow Rhode Islanders.

I heading out to Iggy’s Doughboys & Clamcakes in Oakland Beach to get some dinner. If you have’t had an Iggy’s Clamcake or Doughboy, then you haven’t lived.

A guy from Oakland Beach, where the doughboys and clamcakes meet the sea.

Life a beach when you work from home.

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The engineering job market for professionals in the United Kingdom is quite fertile at present. Between major government projects to expand infrastructure as well as private attempts to move into a larger share of their market, engineering firms are bringing in millions of pounds a year in new projects. New projects and clients require top notch engineering graduates to fill junior engineer positions, which allows for greater movement upward of experienced engineers. Not all engineering positions are created alike, however, and several engineering jobs are ideal for those interested in general engineering jobs.

Civil engineering positions are important in the general market today. Civil engineer professionals work on projects which collaborate government agency and private organization efforts to create solid engineering projects. These projects, ranging from storefront projects to the improvement of commonly travelled roadways to meet commercial needs, require massive amounts of manpower and money that need to be invested wisely. The exceptional civil engineering candidate can find a great position in the field and the constant need for civil projects means it is a steady point of entry for graduates.

Green engineering is a growing sub sector of the engineering industry in the United Kingdom and Europe. This type of engineering uses renewable energy sources, recycled materials, and the use of engineering designs to utilize the least amount of resources down the road. The green engineering field is great for young engineering graduates who want to mix their interest in public service with their exceptional technical talents.

Mechanical engineering has been a steady field in the United Kingdom and Europe for the last decade and should remain so for years to come. Job seekers looking to work in factory and other industrial environments need to consider mechanical engineering as a career. This type of engineering covers the full range of industrial processes, from the machinery needed at the introductory phase of production to automated painting and coating at the end of production. While the demand for engineers oscillates slightly due to the rise and fall of the general economy, there will always be a need for mechanical engineers to help factories and warehouses work efficiently.

The engineering job market in the United Kingdom will keep improving for graduates in the next five years. Government agencies and companies alike will continue to work together to expand their resources, requiring top notch engineering professionals to facilitate new plans. As such, engineering professionals need to consider leveraging their exceptional talents to find the best engineering job vacancy for them.

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