Display Screen Assessments - Advice if anyone is familiar.
Discussion
The company I work for now is not too bad at getting equipment in our office to assist making us comfortable at our desks - decent adjustable chairs, laptop risers (we all use laptops), dual screens and a dock (so we can use laptop & 2 large screens), normal keyboards and mice. A couple have screen brackets that lift the monitors higher to eyeline. All helps.
However, a few weeks ago, several of the staff have been asked to go to a client's office to work there for a few months (length is not fixed as yet). They have been allocated a room and from what I gather has the following issues that appears not to be in line with the DSE recommendations:
1. Room has no windows and relies purely on artificial light
2. Air con often breaks down and gets very warm in the room, circa 28 degrees
3. Users are only using their laptops and wireless mice, no additional screens, risers or keyboards. The laptops are 15" screens, so as well as constantly looking down at them, as the screen is quite small, eyes are strained. Also less productivity as harder to work on several windows on the one small screen.
4. The chairs are fixed and are not as padded as the height adjustable chairs most people use.
The premises own staff have dedicated desks and second/third screens as well as the standard type adjustable office chair, which is at least a start, possibly not as good a set up as we have but certainly better than the room that has been allocated.
Questions,
Who has the responsibility for the above, the owner of the premises (they requested we work there) or the company we work for?
Is there any kind of time frame that the issues need to be addressed within?
To complicate things, staff are working between our permanent office and the clients on a weekly basis, so any setup would need duplicating or moving as the staff move.
Thanks In advance.
However, a few weeks ago, several of the staff have been asked to go to a client's office to work there for a few months (length is not fixed as yet). They have been allocated a room and from what I gather has the following issues that appears not to be in line with the DSE recommendations:
1. Room has no windows and relies purely on artificial light
2. Air con often breaks down and gets very warm in the room, circa 28 degrees
3. Users are only using their laptops and wireless mice, no additional screens, risers or keyboards. The laptops are 15" screens, so as well as constantly looking down at them, as the screen is quite small, eyes are strained. Also less productivity as harder to work on several windows on the one small screen.
4. The chairs are fixed and are not as padded as the height adjustable chairs most people use.
The premises own staff have dedicated desks and second/third screens as well as the standard type adjustable office chair, which is at least a start, possibly not as good a set up as we have but certainly better than the room that has been allocated.
Questions,
Who has the responsibility for the above, the owner of the premises (they requested we work there) or the company we work for?
Is there any kind of time frame that the issues need to be addressed within?
To complicate things, staff are working between our permanent office and the clients on a weekly basis, so any setup would need duplicating or moving as the staff move.
Thanks In advance.
Tomo1971 said:
Who has the responsibility for the above, the owner of the premises (they requested we work there) or the company we work for?
Your employer is first in line for responsibility.Tomo1971 said:
Is there any kind of time frame that the issues need to be addressed within?
"Reasonable"Tomo1971 said:
staff are working between our permanent office and the clients on a weekly basis, so any setup would need duplicating or moving as the staff move.
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