New software package cuts absenteeism in the workplace
Keywords Work related injury, Software, Absenteeism
A software package designed to protect office workers and other regular computer users from the onset of RSI and other debilitating injuries that cause absenteeism has been launched by Chaos Ergonomics. Called DSeasy, this innovative training and assessment package not only helps staff stay healthy,raises morale and helps recruit the very best personnel, it also ensures that companies comply with the mandatory DSE Regulations now in force.
Says Chaos Ergonomics director Gerald Whitehouse:
The cost to British business of days lost through absenteeism due to computer-related injuries is frightening. Despite the fact that by law all employees working with computers must receive workstation best practice training and have their workstations assessed for health, safety and comfort factors,employers are still showing an amazing lack of knowledge, both of the Regulations and what they entail.
Aside from the problems of absenteeism due to work related upper limb disorders (and the cost of replacement temporary staff), employers are, by not conforming to the Regulations, making themselves extremely vulnerable to prosecution, and to substantial claims for loss of earnings.
In City organisations and elsewhere, where recruitment of the best personnel is very competitive, DSeasy can help prove that interest in staff safety and welfare is important to an employer. The added benefit of installing DSeasy is that personnel will feel healthier and be more productive when they adopt best practice at the workstation.
Our computer-based training and assessment package provides a really simple and cost-effective solution. It trains staff in best practice, concludes with a quiz to ensure its effectiveness, and enables them to complete a full self-assessment at their own desks. Written by occupational health specialists,it features advanced Web-style graphics with animated 3D-rendered images.
The Management Reporting section enables management to prove that the training has been given, and that any problems have been remedied; it provides a full audit trail of the whole process. The new system helps ensure that personnel stay healthy and are more productive.
A brochure giving full details of DSeasy is available from Chaos Ergonomics by calling their freephone number 0800 013 4566.
