Employee Responsibilities in DSE

1. Conducting Comprehensive Assessments

Employees also have an important part to play. You should use equipment in the way you have been
shown, make reasonable adjustments available to you, complete requested DSE assessments and report
problems promptly. A company cannot correct an issue it does not know about.
A DSE assessment should consider more than the chair and screen. It looks at the whole workstation,
including the desk, keyboard, mouse, software, lighting, temperature, available space and the work
being carried out. It should also take account of individual needs, including disabilities, health conditions,
pregnancy, injury or any other factor that could affect comfort or safe use.
An assessment is not a one-off form. Review it when a workstation is introduced, equipment or working
arrangements change, or someone reports discomfort. If you regularly work both at home and in an
office, consider both setups.

3. Carrying out your DSE assessment