Sample VDU Corporate Policy

Sample VDU Policy for your Intranet:

All new staff who work with VDUs are entitled to an Eye Screening Test.   Eye Screening tests are then available every 2 years to VDU users.

Should a staff member wish to avail of this service please advise the Health & Safety/Personnel Office before making an appointment with O’Leary Opticians with whom arrangements are in place to provide this test.

Mairead O’Leary Opticians,  Swan Centre, Rathmines,  Dublin 6, Phone 01-4970516.

Mairead O’Leary Opticians, 246 Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin 15, Phone 01-8202900.

The Health & Safety / Personnel Office will pay O’Leary Opticians directly for the Eye Test. If you attend another Optician please pay them directly and claim reimbursement from this office, subject to a maximum fee of €25.

Where glasses are required for VDU use the cost of standard lenses only may be paid by the Health & Safety / Personnel Office and €78 may be paid towards the cost of frames including lenses.    All claims must be submitted to the Health & Safety / Personnel Office with the relevant receipts from your Optician.   Please include your staff number with all claims.

The Health & Safety office must receive a report from the Optician stating that glasses are required for VDU use before any payment is made.