T 2.14 Impairment of IT usage on account of adverse working conditions

A workplace or working environment that is not set up according to ergonomic aspects (such as dust or disruptions due to noise) may result in the inability to use the IT available at all or in an ideal manner.

Most of the potential disruptions do not have a direct impact on the IT. Such disruptions will affect the users instead in such a way that they may not be able to perform their tasks with the level of concentration required. The disruptions may range from noise or frequent and unscheduled customer visits to unfavourable illumination, poor ventilation, and such like. The first indications of such disturbances may include a lower work rate and an increase in the number of minor errors (transposed characters, typing errors). This does not only adversely affect the direct productivity. The stored data may also contain errors and the integrity of the data is reduced.