Results for ‘standards’
Implications of providing office/contract chairs for employees who are working at home
Clarification from the OPSS (Office for Product Safety Standards) via the Hertfordshire Trading Standards Office (TS), to determine if the office chairs in use in the home environment are required to comply with the UK’s Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (FFFSR-1988 Regulations) in circumstances where they have already been tested to BS 7176: 2008 + A1; 2011
Electrically Powered Office Furniture: Guide to the GB Regulations
This guide identifies the relationship with powered office furniture products such as sit/stand desking and other electrically powered office furniture falling within the scope of the Supply of Machinery Regulations
FIRA and Trading Standards confirm flammability requirements for office work chairs used in a domestic environment
Recorded Training Sessions
Helping members navigate regulations, directives and standards
Member resources
'New' flam regs, OPSS update on scope, essential safety requirements and labelling
Flammability Guidance for Contract Seating: Fire Safety of Office Work Chairs in Domestic Environments
In conjunction with Trading Standards, clarifies whether the FFFSR would fully apply in four scenarios
Lean Manufacturing Training Toolkit - Part 4 - Standardised Work
This resource contains all the information needed to carry out practical and theoretical training exercises in the ‘Standardised Work’ concept with a team of employees
Childcare product classification
Help with identifying the difference between a childcare product and an item of children's furniture, as the standards and test methods applicable to these two categories are substantially different
