We reviewed various options and went for one of the voucher schemes. Employee requests a voucher, takes voucher to provider and gets eyetest. If they need glasses they get glasses. We get invoiced by provider every so often. It works with minimum aggro (except where the person you put in charge of the book of vouchers takes it on themselves to give everyone requesting one the third degree, but that's just a case of training the admin person that everyone is entitled to a voucher at least once every three years without going through an interrogation). We went for Boots / Dolland&Aitchison as the provider, mainly because there were branches conveniently local to our two biggest offices. We phoned them up, completed a credit application, they sent us the books of vouchers. All quite straightforward.

Similar thing for us (but with Specsavers), even the Gestapo admin! User completes application for voucher. Collects voucher. Gets test. Presents report if glasses specific to use are necessary. Seems to work fine.

I've previously used the offering from Tesco. It is an web-based system with users applying for a voucher online which they then print and take to their local store with an optician. The organisation only gets billed if the user requires DSE glasses, rather than having to pay for vouchers up front.

Actually, I think it's as recommended by the optometrist. However, having quickly checked, we don't ask any questions if someone asks for another each two years, and two years does indeed seem to be the 'standard' interval. With respect to people using alternative providers, we do actually allow that too. Personally, I use my own optician, not the voucher scheme. If someone wants to use their own optician they have to get the optometrist to sign a form (against a declaration 'I confirm that the above named person has received a full sight test as defined in the Opticians Act legislation and related regulations and which complies with the statement of good practice concerning eye tests for DSE workers issued by the College of Optometrists.') and then they can claim up to what a voucher would cost us. In my experience, this doesn't come close to what the optician charges - but I like my optician. We explicitly warn staff that the amount they can claim probably won't cover what their optician charges.