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Keep the latrine (and toilet) clean


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Top executives can add something new to their list of priorities: Make sure the employee bathroom is in tiptop shape.

That's because 93% of respondents in a new survey say they believe the condition of a workplace restroom indicates how a company values its workforce. Bradley Corp., a commercial restroom furnishings manufacturer, commissioned the survey.

The good news is nearly two-thirds of respondents, 61%, rate their workplace restroom excellent or very good. A small minority, only 6%, says they have a poor or terrible work restroom, the survey shows.

The report, the fifth annual national Healthy Hand Washing Survey, also looks at another thorny issue for executives and business owners: sick employees. Thankfully, 81% of respondents say they take conscious steps to avoid the germs of sick colleagues. (Coffee Talk wonders what the other 19% do.)
The survey says the most common ways people deal with sick people at work include:

  • Stay away from them;
  • Wash their own hands more frequently;
  • Shun handshakes with sickies;
  • Stand further away when talking;
  • Tell them to go home.
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