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TonyMurphy		#1 Posted : 14 December 2011 07:59:50(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		My boss has suggested that, following the Lofsted report, we take out our DSE procedure safe in the knowledge that it will never come back to bite us on the botrtom. Any thoughts?
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HSSnail		#2 Posted : 14 December 2011 08:13:20(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Make sure your tetanus shots are up to date!
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MrsBlue		#3 Posted : 14 December 2011 08:27:50(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Tony - good morning. I personally thinik you're jumping the gun. I have had to follow up complaints by 2 employees in the last 3 months regarding pains and aches whilst using DSE in an office environment. Both are now fine. Rich

RayRapp		#4 Posted : 14 December 2011 08:28:38(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		I don't recall that Professor Lofstedt's report included the abolition of the DSE Regs?
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TonyMurphy		#5 Posted : 14 December 2011 08:44:59(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		They dont.
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TonyMurphy		#6 Posted : 14 December 2011 08:45:59(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		Or shoud I say, he doesn't.
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RayRapp		#7 Posted : 14 December 2011 08:51:22(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Thanks Tony for the confirmation, actually it was a rhetorical question to the originator of the thread.
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Mike55		#8 Posted : 14 December 2011 08:57:27(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		My question would be, what is the upside to removing the procedure? Is it all that cumbersome? If so, you could look at streamlining it to make it more efficient and work-friendly.
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TonyMurphy		#9 Posted : 14 December 2011 09:02:11(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		It does say this though. "However, there is also evidence to suggest that some elements of the regulations create burdens on business without any significant benefit to health and safety outcomes. A particular concern is the requirement to provide eye tests, which three quarters of business report providing, as well as the requirement to contribute to spectacles for employees using Visual Display Units, when despite extensive research no evidence has been found that they can cause disease or permanent damage to eyes
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Hally		#10 Posted : 14 December 2011 09:41:10(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Glad to see eyesight can 'cause' RSI and the like...;)
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Canopener		#11 Posted : 14 December 2011 09:52:32(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		I haven’t fully absorbed the report yet, but ‘here’s the thing’. A number of regs, including I believe DSE result from an EU directive. I can’t see that any of the regs, in particular those originating from EU directives are likely to be significantly changed or repealed in any short order.
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Yossarian		#12 Posted : 14 December 2011 09:58:00(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		tonymurphy wrote: My boss has suggested that, following the Lofsted report, we take out our DSE procedure safe in the knowledge that it will never come back to bite us on the botrtom. Any thoughts? Yes, none of which are printable. Suffice to say... it starts!
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Ron Hunter		#13 Posted : 14 December 2011 11:44:38(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Bosses make many suggestions and have many ideas. Next week, they often have different suggestions and ideas, and have forgotten about the ones they came up with last week. Take no action. If pressed, tell your Boss you'll make sure this is included as an agenda item at the next employee consultation forum, which he will of course speak to..................
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Yossarian		#14 Posted : 14 December 2011 11:47:56(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		ron hunter wrote: Bosses make many suggestions and have many ideas. Next week, they often have different suggestions and ideas, and have forgotten about the ones they came up with last week. Take no action. If pressed, tell your Boss you'll make sure this is included as an agenda item at the next employee consultation forum, which he will of course speak to.................. Ron, I like your style!
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Ron Hunter		#15 Posted : 14 December 2011 12:01:23(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		I thoroughly recommend the 'Dilbert' on-line strips as a source of inspiration for such matters. On a similar note, if you have a good idea or initiative that you really, really want taken forward, your first task is to convince your Boss that this was actually his idea........and then you run with it!
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