Manufacturers have given a firm thumbs-down to proposed European rules requiring that stress and other psychosocial risks be considered as part of risk assessments for musculoskeletal disorders.
An employment tribunal has found in favour of a fire-fighter who was sacked for asking colleagues if their employer’s reclining chairs were hurting their backs.
New research about to be published by the University of Derby on optimising employee productivity through ergonomics throws light on the effectiveness of ergonomists themselves.
The lack of progress in tackling the problems of repetitive strain
injury (RSI) in the last six years means that the problem costs
employees around £300m a year.
