Workplace and Workstation. Evaluations shall be provided by the University upon the request of either a SW, a group of SWs or a supervisor who believes that the nature of the work or workplace is exposing the SW(s) to health-related problems. The nature of these evaluations will be determined based on the work location (i.e. remote or on campus), as agreed upon by the SW and supervisor or employing unit. While these are normally campus-based work station evaluations, a SW may request that Environmental Health & Safety (EH & S) conduct a virtual ergonomic review, and such request will be granted, consistent with EH & S and school policies and practices. Such evaluations should involve experts such as occupational hygienists, occupational physicians, occupational health and safety professionals and/or environmental health and safety professionals, who shall make recommendations to the University to eliminate the problem or the risk of the health-related problem(s). The University shall consider the recommendations in good faith and will make reasonable efforts to implement those recommendations that are approved by local program administrators, which, if necessary, will include reimbursing a SW to implement approved recommendations to the workplace. A SW will not be reimbursed for implementation recommendations that the local program administrators did not previously approve. The University will also make reasonable effort to incorporate currently accepted ergonomic practices and guidelines into new and existing workplace and workstation designs.
Workplace and Workstation. Evaluations shall be provided by the University upon the request of either a GW, a group of GWs or a supervisor who believes that the nature of the work or workplace is exposing the GWs to health-related problems. The nature of these evaluations will be determined based on the work location (i.e., remote or on-campus) and the nature of the health-related risk, as agreed upon by the GW and supervisor or employing unit. While these are normally campus-based work station evaluations, a GW may request that Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) conduct a virtual ergonomic review, and such request will be granted consistent with EH&S and University policies and practices. The University shall consider the recommendations in good faith and will make reasonable efforts to implement those recommendations. The University will also make reasonable efforts to incorporate currently accepted ergonomic practices and guidelines into new and existing workplace and workstation designs.
