ITALY EYESIGHT LAWS
January 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE ITALIAN government has been ordered by the European Court of Justice to reform its regulations protecting computer-using workers from eyesight problems, agreeing with a European Commission claim that its national laws break directive 90/270/EEC for work with visual display units.Judges found that Italian law failed to impose a sufficiently strong obligation on employers to install special equipment, such as anti-glare screens, where eye tests had shown that particular workers needed help to protect their sight. They backed the Commission's ...
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