{"id":42479,"date":"2024-01-12T16:52:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/?p=22827"},"modified":"2024-01-12T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:52:10","slug":"report-reveals-deskwork-is-a-real-eye-sore-for-uk-office-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/report-reveals-deskwork-is-a-real-eye-sore-for-uk-office-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Report reveals deskwork is a real eye-sore for UK office workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Report reveals deskwork is a real eye-sore for UK office workers <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>40% of office employees work nonstop for over two hours in front of screens.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>29% of respondents consider tasks requiring working on screens most tiring.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Over 50% of employees feel eye tests are expensive or struggle to make time for them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A survey of 1,000 UK office workers has revealed that employees&#8217; eye health is being put under huge strain by modern working practices &#8211; with almost half (40%) of workers admitting to working in front of screens for more than two hours without a break.<\/h3>\n<p>While opticians recommend the 20-20-20 rule, which suggests taking a break of at least 20 seconds, every 20 minutes and looking at least 20 feet away, 84% of UK employees work much longer than 20 minutes without taking a break.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study conducted by Specsavers, tiredness was the leading reason people are unproductive at work, but findings also show that employees find close working on screens as tiring as physical labour. Working on screens was considered the most tiring activity, according to 29% of the respondents. Tasks requiring prolonged periods of standing (17%) and in-person meetings (14%) were also identified as reasons for tiredness.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7610\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7610 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/primaryhealthnet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Giles-Edmonds-200-Copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giles Edmonds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur survey findings should be a real eye-opener for both employers and employees alike. Eye health is fundamental to employee wellbeing, yet it seems not enough is being done to prioritise it, which could impact wellbeing and productivity. People should be mindful of the effects of working long hours at a stretch,\u201d said Giles Edmonds, clinical services director at Specsavers.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, employers are legally required to fund eye tests for employees using visual display units (VDU) or display screen equipment (DSE). Specsavers offers Corporate eVouchers which allows employers to meet their legal obligations in a cost-effective way.<\/p>\n<p>Giles concluded, \u201cSpecsavers Corporate eVouchers are easy for HR teams to set up and encourage employees to access regular eye check-ups free of charge, in a location that\u2019s convenient to them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the survey shed light on the hurdles preventing employees from getting regular eye tests. 90% of participants admitted that it is essential to get their eyes examined every two years. Out of the respondents who did not get regular tests, about 40% felt they did not need a test, 30% considered tests to be too expensive, 22% struggled to find the time, and 8% were unsure how to schedule appointments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiredness was the leading reason people are unproductive at work,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":21843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2966],"tags":[2974],"class_list":["post-42479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-health-well-being","tag-specsavers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Report reveals deskwork is a real eye-sore for UK office workers - My Local Optician<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A survey of 1,000 UK office workers has revealed that employees&#039; eye health is being put under huge strain by modern working practices\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/report-reveals-deskwork-is-a-real-eye-sore-for-uk-office-workers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report reveals deskwork is a real eye-sore for UK office workers - 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