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Employers Obligation - Health and Safety??

  • 15-03-2007 11:24am
    #1
    mel123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,241 ✭✭✭


    Hi I am just wondering does an employer have any obligation to pay for a strain injury caused from sitting at a desk all day?

    Also, in relation to looking at a computer screen all day, does an employer have any obligation to send you for regular eye tests?


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  • #2
    Ph3n0m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭Ph3n0m


    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/health-and-safety/health_safety_work


  • #3
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,085 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    mel123 wrote:
    Hi I am just wondering does an employer have any obligation to pay for a strain injury caused from sitting at a desk all day?

    Also, in relation to looking at a computer screen all day, does an employer have any obligation to send you for regular eye tests?

    I think you're entitled to a free eye test if you use a screen regularly and you're not wearing glasses already.

    I don't think they've an obligation to pay for a strain injury unless they had given you a really crappy seat to sit in.


  • #4
    Jo King
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Jo King


    Stark wrote:
    I think you're entitled to a free eye test if you use a screen regularly and you're not wearing glasses already.

    I don't think they've an obligation to pay for a strain injury unless they had given you a really crappy seat to sit in.

    You should have been given a personalised work-station analysis paid for by your employer. You should also have been given any eye test. If you have suffered a foreseeable injury you would be entitled to claim the cost of treatment from you employer.


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