The advent of the computer and its associated devices has made office design, as well as furniture design, political issues; human discomfort and the resulting pressures from workers to alleviate it have spawned requests for improvements in the office environment. These have shaped union contracts and state regulations while stimulating demands forthe enactment of federal and state laws affecting the office.
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