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I'm looking at securing eye test vouchers for staff but I've just come across something saying that we should be providing eye tests etc for those staff who drive at work. I know there was talk of an EU Directive. Did this come in and are we now having to cover drivers eye tests as well as office etc?
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I am not aware of any specific duty to do so at present but of interest, a certain major high street optician are now offering a wider range of vouchers that would cover such an eventuality. I have to say I think that the money spent on eye tests for vdu users might be better spent on drivers.
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Ian,
Did you see the press reports of the survey carried out by the road safety organisation Brake? They were in the press at the start of the month... just put "eyesight test Brake" into any well known search engine
Phil
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Wow canopener, your worms may spread some sense, although probably not enough. Fully agree that dse users have less need of eye tests than drivers but whilst we have the outdated DSE Regs...
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It was the adverts on the opticians website that prompted the query.
Looking at the cost implications of purchasing, managing and auditing the voucher scheme, I think I'll leave it as it stands and let Line Managers authorise the tests and for the users claim it back after the test!
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Meeting the eye sight standards for driving is a requirement for all types of drivers, work or non work related. Therefore it's a cost that should fall on the individual as a condition of holding a license, not as a work related cost.
VDU use is different because a person may not use a computer at home (I know several people in this category, and after 7 or 8 hours glued to a computer at work why would you want to). The prescription may be specific to computer use, therefore it's entirely work related and costs should fall on the employer.
I think this may be another example, like portable appliance testing, of the industry trying to generate it's own business by gold plating the need.
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I find that approach rather 'blinkered'. From a purely health and safety risk based perspective I would suggest that eye tests for drivers would probably be money better spent. The reality is that the only reason that most of us pay for eye tests for VDU users is that we are required to, and that if we hand a 'free hand' to apply risk management principles then I suggest the significant majority of us wouldn't.
of course it is possible that some drivers only drive for work. And of course, a great many people who have spent the day on a VDU will also spend a significant part of their evening doing the same!
Many employers 'gold plate' their terms and conditions in any number of ways e.g. HGV medicals, contractual sick pay etc.
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