The right to a good work environment 

All employees have the right to a good work environment in accordance with the Work Environment Act. The act gives both students and staff the right to influence their work environment. In addition, a good work environment is a condition for staff wellbeing in the workplace and for students to achieve good study results.  

Some of the issues involved in the work environment:

• Psychosocial environment, e.g. stress, harassment, wellbeing and work methods 
• Physical environment, e.g. ventilation, lighting, noise levels and the standard of premises 
• Computing environment, e.g. the number of computers, ergonomic work stations, disruptive noise

Influencing your work environment

The role of health and safety representatives is to monitor and improve the work environment. According to the Work Environment Act, these representatives have the right in various ways to present your views about the work environment. The representatives are chosen by the staff members and students/department council respectively. Contact one of them if you have views about your work environment.

Health and safety representatives

You can also contact the head of department or equivalent, who is responsible for the work environment at the department.

Another way to influence your work environment is to report work environment risks via the IA system, the university's system for reporting incidents and occupational injuries. 

Read more about the IA system - staff.lu.se

Local Health, Safety and Environment Committee (HSE)

The Local HSE Committee supports the faculty management in systematic work environment management.

Local HSE Committee at the Faculty of Social Sciences 

Other support

Employees are also supported by the Occupational Health Service, which you can contact about matters concerning the work environment, rehabilitation and work-related ill-health.

Occupational Health Service - www.staff.lu.se