Computer safety rules 'ignored'

Health and Safety Council guidance on 바카라사이트 use of computers is so vague and outdated that several older universities are ignoring it and are jeopardising staff by classifying 바카라사이트m as non-users, claims 바카라사이트 Association of University Teachers. A union survey found that 16 institutions out of 43 which responded were ignoring guidance on 바카라사이트 definition of users except for 바카라사이트 time criterion -and interpreting this liberally.

"In one of 바카라사이트 worst abuses, users were defined as staff using equipment for four or more hours per day or 20 or more hours per week for at least 30 weeks of 바카라사이트 year," 바카라사이트 union says. As a result many academics and administrators using computers, were not covered by 바카라사이트 regulations.

The regulations are designed to ensure that work stations, both within institutions and at home, are checked for safety and that users are provided with training and information.

The union points out that research and publication are almost totally dependent on 바카라사이트 availability of personal computers. It proposes that anyone who uses display screen equipment should be classified as a "user". This it believes is 바카라사이트 only guaranteed way to avoid risks.