Eye Tests
I have a number of employees who use Visual Display Units
(VDUs) such as computer screens. Do I have to send them all for an
eye test?
As an employer, you're obliged to make available to employees
who habitually use display screen equipment as a significant part
of their normal work, eye and eyesight tests on request. Such
testing should only be carried out by a competent person, in this
case an ophthalmic optician. If there is a requirement to provide
eyesight corrective appliances for VDU use, as advised by the
ophthalmic optician, the cost of such equipment must be met by the
Company, so far as is reasonable. Following the first eye test, the
ophthalmic optician will stipulate how often further testing is
required.