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“Noting that wellness programs are now a part of a company’s overall healthcare strategy, Overman outlines how businesses can create a program that will help save on insurance [...]

Managing Your Duty To Accomodate Strategies to Move Your Organization’s Employee Assistance Programs Beyond Basic Accommodation March 22 and 23, 2011 · Optional Workshop: March 24, [...]

M. K. Schweigert MD,  D. McNeil JE Sleeth Hon. B.P.&.H.E., B.Sc.P.T.,  Dawna McNeil B.Sc.RN The aim of this paper is to understand the treating physician’s perspective with respect [...]

 Effective Recruitment and Management Techniques to Retain Your Most Valuable HR Assets January 18 and 19, 2011 Optional Workshops: January 20, 2011 OTTAWA, ONTARIO   Jane Sleeth of [...]

17th Managing Absenteeism in the Public and Private Sectors March 28, 29 & 30, 2011Toronto, Ontario  Who Should Attend?  Human Resources and Organizational Development [...]

 December 15 & 16, 2010  Toronto, ON Legal developments in the field Accommodating older workers Dealing with disability, sickness and addiction Working with organized labour [...]

By Jane Sleeth, Optimal Performance Consultants Inc Three out of four Canadian adults experience some form of back/ neck discomfort at some point in their lives.  In our practice, we have [...]

We Told Them to Lift with Their Legs, but They Just Won’t Listen! I am reposting what we feel is a new look at Manual Materials Handling techniques towards back injury prevention [...]

Office Ergonomics: How OPC’s Web-based Training Improves Ergonomic & Health Outcomes We are often asked by our clients to provide workstation evaluations for large groups of [...]

This photo taken in Brig, Switzerland by Mark Daye during his 3 week vacation shows how a non-evidence based idea can take off in the office. The bottom line is these are “exercise balls” [...]