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Are you prepared?
The European Union's Noise at Work Directive, soon to take effect, lays down new rules for protecting hearing on the job and draw increased attention to these problems worldwide. Oficially known as "Directive 2003/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 February 2003 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise)", the new directive goes into effect on 15 February 2006. Read the full text here.
Understanding workplace noise
The following pages highlights the basic issues involved in workplace noise and the new limits set by the EU, so that you can make a well informed decision about how this affects your business and what you can do, and what you are obliged to.
We have solutions
Noise at work and related damages are neither new to the call center business, nor new to Sennheiser Communications or limited to the EU region. All headsets from Sennheiser Communications come equipped with our unique ActiveGard technologyTM. We have now also introduce a special active interface box to address the new EU directives limits for average noise exposure.
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