Does a desk need to have a computer or phone to be considered as a workstation?
No. A workstation is a physical location where one primarily does his or her work. It does not need to have a computer or phone or even someone currently working there to be considered as a workstation. For example, your department may have a workstation which is currently unused because of a hiring freeze. Since someone could still be working there, it should still be reported as a workstation. Also, since many MTU buildings are now wireless and employees are using laptops, computers can no longer be used as a determinant for a room’s workstations. Key to this definition is the word “primarily”. A person may have a desk at which most of their work is completed, and may also have a large table at which they periodically sit at to sort papers, etc. Because most of the person’s work is completed at the desk, the desk is to be reported as a workstation while the large table will not.
