Here is the ergonomics legislation from
United Kingdom
The information here was collated from official online sources by Ergo Global ergonomists. All information is for general purposes and cannot be considered 1-to-1 legal advice. Ergo Global disclaim any liability relating to the information provided on this page.
To Note
The United Kingdom does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992.
Page last updated: 05/02/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
- Workstation analysis - Every employer shall perform a suitable and sufficient analysis of any workstations regardless of who have provided them when they are used for the purposes of his -undertaking by employees.
- Risk reduction - The employer shall reduce the risks identified in consequence of an assessment to the lowest extent reasonably practicable.
- Activity planning - Every employer shall plan the activities of users at work in his undertaking that their daily work on display screen equipment is periodically interrupted by breaks or changes of activity as reduce their workload at that equipment.
- Eyesight test - The employer shall ensure that employees are provided at their request with an appropriate eye and eyesight test, any such test to be carried out by a competent person
- Special corrective appliances - Every employer shall ensure that each user employed by him is provided with special corrective appliances appropriate for the work being done by the user concerned.
- Training - The employer shall ensure that employees are provided with adequate health and safety training in the use of any workstation upon which they may be required to work.
- Information - Every employer shall ensure that operators and users at work in his undertaking are provided with adequate information about all aspects of health and safety relating to their workstations.
The above regulation applies to employees working at home on a permanent or long-term basis.
The Duties of
The Employee
- Be safe - To take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work.
- Co-operate - To co-operate with his employer so far as is necessary to enable the employer's duties or requirement to be performed or complied with.
What's next?
Step 1
Run an ergonomics audit following these regulations.
Step 2
List out the gaps in your ergonomics policy.
Step 4
Contact Ergo Global for more support where needed.
