Related+Legislation

RSI has a legislation on it by countries in the European Community that an EC directive regulates. There are quite many acts that can be applied regarding RSI in the UK.


 * The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations (1992) apply to the employees who work at a firm, with constant luring at a display screen equipment, and accessories like modems, printers, other peripheral display screens. According to this legislative regulation, the firm or employer must provide periodic breaks, safety training to work on the equipment to the employee with him or her meeting the minimum ergonomic requirements for the work environment. It also states that the employer must provide free eye sight tests and assess & reduce the risk of health hazards to the employee. (2)


 * The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) talks about protecting employees other than people at work against risks related to health.(3) For example, keeping dangerous goods that be result in harming the employees inside at work; this may be employees being harmed by illegal possessions that a company holds. This way an employer must always ensure safety of employees & avoid risks by possessing legal equipments.


 * The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) is applied to physically impaired employees.(4) This legislative act stops the discrimination of disabled employees against the others. It ensures no physically challenged employee faces thwarting and humiliation. This is related to RSI; the employer must provide workplace adjustments to the disabled as he or she would end up with a strain injury, which is thereby unlawful. The adjustments could be provided based on the individual requirements, like one could be uncomfortable sitting on a chair rather than a lazy bag.


 * The Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations(1998) needs any equipment to be non hazardous and must not cause injuries to the employees.(5) This by basis, is mainly used in production line equipments.

// “New research by Dr Foster for Metro has revealed that ten per cent of sick notes written in London are for repetitive strain injury.” // (6)