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In our office we’ve put up a sign in the kitchenette reminding users not to leave ‘dirty dishes’ on the sink, but to wash them after use – I’ve seen such a sign in many of our clients’ amenity areas. I guess many of us bring to work our ‘at home’ dependency on the good nature of other family members to clean up after us. But have you ever felt nervous drinking from a cup that you weren’t sure was clean to start with? And if you do the right thing and wash the dishes, are you

It seems to me that most people are now allergic to something or other, and that the proportion of sufferers is certainly increasing. Even I recently discovered that after a lifetime of no known allergic reactions, my skin now reacts to a certain brand of adhesive bandage! So with this ‘reasonable foreseeability’ clearly before us, it is apparent that workplaces need to be aware and prepared for the potential allergic reactions of their employees. Allergic reaction is often r

I was speaking to a government procurement manager at a recent ‘Meet the Buyer’ session (hosted by SA Government’s Office of the Industry Advocate-you should check them out if not already done so!) who lamented about the number of companies who submit tenders for what they hoped was going to be lucrative contracts, yet often responses had to be discounted because they had failed to address the basic requirements of the Department’s Request for Tender (RFT). An example was on