What is Wellnomics^® Breaks & Exercises (WorkPace^®)?

Would you like to achieve sustainable behaviour change among your office workers?

Wellnomics^® Breaks & Exercises (WorkPace^®) is proven to create positive and sustainable behaviour change among office workers¹. Wellnomics Breaks & Exercises has been proven to increase productivity by 10% and reduce complaints by up to 60%². With this software installed on each desktop your employees can become your biggest ally in the fight for maximum productivity and zero lost work time incidents.

The software works because it gets people to accept personal responsibility for their own safety. It helps employees monitor their own work patterns and make sustainable improvements to their work habits. The result is lowered fatigue, reduced injuries and healthier, happier employees.

Wellnomics Breaks & Exercises runs in the background on each office worker’s desktop. It monitors their levels of computer use and when and how often they take breaks. The software then provides training, breaks and exercise reminders plus work load feedback tailored to each worker’s needs, thus helping them achieve positive behaviour change and reducing their risk of injury. Below are some examples from the software.

· Self-guided tutorial on WMSD/RSI prevention

· Exercises and stretches to rejuvenate muscles

· Reminders for micropauses and breaks to reduce muscle fatigue

· Continuous feedback on work intensity and breaks

· Tailors micropauses, breaks and exercises to the work habits of each employee

Think of Wellnomics Breaks & Exercises as an electronic health and safety assistant installed on each desktop – each day helping office workers achieve a healthy balance in their computer use behaviour.

The benefits that Wellnomics Breaks & Exercises (WorkPace) provides for the office worker include:

• Reduction in fatigue and discomfort from computer use
• Improved concentration, accuracy and productivity
• Less time off due to injury or ill-health

For management the benefits include:

• Reduction in injury claims
• Increased productivity
• Reporting on computer use and break compliance
• Compliance with health and safety requirements for office workers

Thousands of organisations already use Wellnomics Breaks & Exercises (WorkPace), with over one million licenses in use worldwide. Many of these organisations are well known around the world including:

PricewaterhouseCoopers	Philips	Boeing
Cap Gemini	Eli Lilly	ABN AMRO
Ernst & Young	Shell	US Department of Energy
Ericsson	ING Bank	Chevron

Health and Safety managers say Wellnomics Breaks & Exercises (WorkPace) is the single most important factor in their fight against musculoskeletal disorders amongst office workers. They also say the use of the software has increased productivity and improved the bottom line for their organisations.

Wellnomics Breaks & Exercises (WorkPace) is available in a number of languages including English, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, and Portuguese.

The software supports most of the popular computing platforms including Windows^®, Mac OS^®X, Linux, and Solaris^TM 7 and 8.

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¹See data sheet The Evidence for the Effectiveness of Wellnomics Breaks & Exercise, For a summary of the research results from the use of Wellnomics^® Breaks & Exercise.

²See above.