Arbeitsschutzgesetz.org Website Review

Occupational Safety Act: for safety and health at work. Welcome to www.arbeitsschutzgesetz.org! Here you will find everything you need to know about occupational safety. For example, there are counselors on the individual occupational health and safety regulations, on occupational stress and on occupational diseases. the occupational health and safety act (arbschg) was enacted by the federal government in the summer of 1996 and came into effect shortly thereafter. its full name is: law on the implementation of occupational health and safety measures to improve safety and the aim was to create a legal basis that defines occupational safety and health in germany, thereby ensuring that safety and health at work for all employees. In principle, all areas of activity are affected. the law on occupational safety also defines exceptions here. § 1 Arbschg states that persons who work in private households as domestic workers are not affected. the occupational safety and health of employees on ships and those working in companies subject to the Federal Mining Act is also not included. furthermore, the legislator stipulates that obligations that employers and employees have to fulfill to ensure occupational safety and health protection in accordance with other legal provisions are not undermined by the occupational safety and health act. this guidebook explains exactly which groups of people are affected by the health and safety at work Act, how a company has to deal with the risk as*essment, which duties the employer and the employee must fulfill and which health and safety authority is responsible for checking these obligations. § 2 arbschg defines exactly which persons count as employed persons within the meaning of the law. These include: People who belong to these groups of people are affected by occupational safety measures. These measures are intended to be the