37% of UK employers do not offer employees workplace eye care

New research has highlighted that more than a third of UK employers do not provide any workplace eye care for their employees.

Carried out by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare with 500 UK companies, the research showed that 63% of surveyed employers offer some level of workplace eye care for employees, but only 16% provided workplace eye care for screen users.

This is despite Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations stating that employees who are screen users must be provided with company-funded eye care and glasses if required for screen use.

Director of strategic alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare Jim Lythgow said: ‘Many employers are missing a trick by not providing eye care. They may well be flouting health and safety rules, and their employees will not be receiving the many associated health and wellbeing advantages that come with an eye test.’