Food Safety Tips

10 Good Storage Practices for placing food products in the fridge   Set the temperature of your refrigerator to 2-4 ° Most new technology refrigerators have a thermometer that displays the temperature. Since there is no thermometer, it is advisable to place a thermometer to control the temperature. Make sure the temperature of the refrigerator is set in lower temperatures in summer months. Refrigerated foods such as fresh meat and fish, as they need low temperatures (0-2 ° C) to be maintained they should be placed in the coldest part of the refrigerator on the lower shelf of the fridge. At that point a cross contamination will be prevented. Dairy products, sausages, eggs and ready-to-eat meals should be kept in the middle to the highest shelves where the temperature varies from 4-7°C. We often see the milk in the refrigerator door, which is wrong as the temperature at this point reaches...

Good Practice Awards Competition 2019 – National Awards

The Department of Labour Inspection announced the National Good Practice Awards for 2019. Businesses and organizations can submit their applications to claim the above best practice award by completing the application provided in the Department’s website by 28th of June 2019. The awards will be nominated around October of 2019, at the end of the Health and Safety week at work. The terms of participation are also shown in the Labour Inspection Department’s website. If you are interested to participate on the above competition and you need help on the application’s completion, you can contact us....

Scheme for employment of long-term unemployed people in companies and organisations

7This is an existing scheme which has been renewed. The purpose of the program is to motivate employers to hire and train people, who are unemployed for more than 6 consecutive months (registered in the Public employment Service) and they are under the age of sixty (60). The scheme is applied under the Deminimis and other regulations. In the case where the long-term unemployed holds a higher education diploma (3 years studies), then he / she must be between thirty (30) years old and under the age of sixty (60). The duration of the program’s implementation is four (4) months and is aimed to meet specific needs of the job position for which the unemployed are recruited.   Minimum required salary: €870 gross per month Grant percentage: 80% Maximum grant: €1000 per month This Scheme expires on 31/12/2019.   If you are interested to participate on the above scheme and you need more information about its terms, you...

4 business Tips for health & safety at work

1. Try to have a short break to change your body's attitude. 2. Let the natural light and fresh air to make your workplaces healthy. 3. Manage your stress by prioritizing and organizing your work 4. Respect and Keep your workspace clean and tidy....

5 Tips of Well Organized Office

Organize desktop applications – categorize your job into folders and subfolder to save time from digging on your desktop. Make electronic all the sticky and random notes – if you like using them, try at least once a week to organize them and place them in a word/excel document. Mark the completed tasks. Label folders and organizers – you can concentrate all your paper work in your desk by placing it in corresponding categories. Display only relevant documents – put on the top of your desk the documents that you utilize often. Straighten your desk – At the end of the day do a quick straighten, so you have a clean start the next day. ...