Health and safety in offices
Guidance on the following pages provides resources for employers, managers, supervisors and others involved in office work. The following pages cover a range of topics, including:
- managing occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace
- identifying hazards and assessing and controlling risks
- designing jobs for offices, including physical and psychosocial factors and how to reduce stress
- healthy and safe working environments, including lighting, noise and thermal comfort
- managing office layout, workstations and equipment
- different types of office work
- working with computers
- general health and safety issues in offices
- exercises for office employees