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Apply for occupational health and safety advice

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    Employers are responsible for the occupational health and safety of their employees. Effective occupational health and safety is only possible if potential hazards in the workplace are recognised and prevented through appropriate measures.

    In order to be able to ensure this, employers must be familiar with the regulations on the areas of the

    • technical occupational safety,
    • social occupational safety,
    • medical occupational safety and
    • of workplace health promotion.

    modern set of rules has been made available.

    Compliance with the relevant state regulations is monitored by the specialist department of the State Office for Consumer Protection with its regional divisions.

     

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