Posted By Sharon Personally I would stick to the office chairs. I suggest a DSE risk assessment is also carried out on the person, and if a new chair is needed then I suggest the company purchases one.

Posted By Kevin Brown . and obviously the chair from home will satisfy all the performance criteria expected from a DSE User's chair? I've just conducted a straw poll here and asked if there's anyone here who hasn't got a more comfortable chair at home. (I won't be giving odds on the likely result. I suggest a swift DSE assessment (if appropriate) and a full and frank discussion about the differences between home and work). Must go, my LaY Z Boy awaits and that Ipod won't switch itself on ...

Posted By Brian Hagyard Anita There's some good advice to your thread, but are we in danger of using Health and Safety as an excuse to ban something without checking all the facts? "Domestic furniture does not meet fire standards!" Is it domestic furniture? When I set up a small office in my home I bought my office chair from a commercial office store so the fire standards were the same. "It wont meet DSE standards" Why not? again my own chair at home adjusts in all the right places. I also wonder if every chair in your workplace is identical? There not in mine as we have replaced chairs as needed and so now have a mismatch, obviously they all conform to fire regs, VDU etc. "Responsibility for an accident" Potentially yours yes, but would that be any different on any other chair in the office? Is there some specific reason why this chair would be so different? Unfortunately any office chair can break, I have know it happen in quite often in "hot desking" offices where the chairs are frequently adjusted to fit the user. An adjustable chair needs maintenance just like any other piece of equipment that has moving parts. So you may have an argument as to why the chair is not suitable for use in the office, but please be clear as to why and don't just say it because of "Elf & Safety" Brian