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Health & Safety Update (December 2009)
Three-Quarters of Firms are Breaking VDU Regulations
73% of companies do not comply with Visual Display Unit (VDU)
regulations by only funding either eye tests or the cost of any
glasses required, but not both, as they should do.
The findings, reported in the publication Human Resources, come
from eyecare specialist Specsavers, which polled 187 companies
representing nearly half a million employees. It finds this is the
case despite 62% of firms saying they offer eyecare specifically to
comply with VDU legislation.
The survey found:
- 53% of companies only make a contribution to eye tests and
glasses
- 13% fully funded eye tests but not glasses
- 2% funded the costs of glasses, but not the eye test.
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information.