# Badly Set-up Desks & Chairs Cost Companies

**By Shopify API** · 2013-06-04

"Three in four office workers blame desks for sickness: Badly set up desks and chairs cost companies £7bn each year." So says the Daily Mail reports on a study by ergonomics specialist [Fellowes](https://www.back2.co.uk/brands/fellowes). GP Dr Sarah Jarvis says "‘On a daily basis I see many patients suffering particularly from back pain, and I ask routinely about workplace set-up because I know the consequences of poor posture and spending long periods sitting in the wrong position." The study says that "Half of the office workers said they had not had a workstation risk assessment in the last 12 months despite it being a legal requirement." Back2 can carry out risk assessments at your office. Click [here](https://back2.co.uk/b2b/dse-assessments) for further information. The full Daily Mail article can be read [here](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335999/Three-office-workers-blame-desks-sickness-Badly-set-desks-chairs-cost-companies-7bn-year.html#comments).

**Tags:** Category_Desks, Category_DSE (Display Screen Equipment) Assessments, Category_Ergonomics, Category_Office Chair, Desks, Display Screen Equipment Assessments, Ergonomics, Office chairs

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> Source: [Back2 International](https://www.back2.co.uk/blogs/article/badly-set-up-desks-chairs-cost-companies)