The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 require employers to minimise the risks in VDU work by ensuring that workplaces and jobs are well designed. They apply to all staff who use VDUs as a significant part of their work, including the self-employed and those who work from home.

Employers have to:

Analyse workstations, and assess and reduce risks

Ensure workstations meet minimum requirements

Plan work so there are breaks or changes of activity

On request arrange eye tests, and provide spectacles if special ones are needed

Provide health and safety training and information

The Health and Safety Executive publishes guidance booklets to help you meet the requirements of the regulations, for information about these, and other Health and Safety issues, contact the HSE’s InfoLine on

Telephone: 08701 545500

Email: hseinformationservices@natbrit.com