How does Care Taker support Display Screen Equipment (DSE) HSE policies?
With the principal objective of promoting health and safety at work across all EU member states, the 1993 Working Time Directive set a maximum 48 hour maximum working week and stipulated rest and leave periods. Within the legislation, it is suggested that employees should be allowed short frequent breaks away from their computer during long periods of work. Ideally 5-10 minutes for every 60 minutes continuous work. Care Taker can be configured to implement break schedules into an employee’s working day. For instance, if an employee works over a continuous 60 minute period, Care Taker will display a timer on screen counting down the time until the computer goes into standby mode encouraging the user to take a short break. The user can accept the break by leaving their computer to go into standby mode automatically, or override this option and decline the break by continuing to work. Graphs produced by Care Taker detail the number and length of breaks taken and can be printed out for emp
