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AUT-1994-L-42245
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Worker Protection Act (ASchG) (BGBl. No. 450/1994).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Austria
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
1994
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
ArbeitnehmerInnenschutzgesetzes
Abstract/Citation
Stipulates the employer's obligation to ensure that both employees and their workplaces are provided with the necessary equipment to protect employees against occupational health risks. This equipment must comply with the latest technical requirements. Furthermore, employers must take appropriate action with respect to medical assistance when needed in case of an occupational accident and must establish rooms for rest periods in accordance with the latest hygienic standards. Consolidated text.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1995-04-21 (AUT-1995-R-48587)
Ordinance on the training of safety experts (SFK-VO, BGBl. 1995/277). [Text 22a/2].
Implementing text(s)
1995-04-21 (AUT-1995-R-48587)
Ordinance on the training of safety experts (SFK-VO, BGBl. 1995/277). [Text 22a/2].
Implementing text(s)
1995 (AUT-1995-R-48588)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on the administration of Safety Committees (BGBl. 1995/30). [Text 22a/1].
Implementing text(s)
1995 (AUT-1995-R-48588)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on the administration of Safety Committees (BGBl. 1995/30). [Text 22a/1].
Implementing text(s)
1996 (AUT-1996-R-48589)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on safety experts (SVP-VO, BGBl. 1996/172). [Text 22a/3].
Implementing text(s)
1996 (AUT-1996-R-48589)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on safety experts (SVP-VO, BGBl. 1996/172). [Text 22a/3].
Implementing text(s)
1996 (AUT-1996-R-48590)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on occupational health centres (AMZ-VO, BGBl. 1996/441). [Text 22a/4].
Implementing text(s)
1996 (AUT-1996-R-48590)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on occupational health centres (AMZ-VO, BGBl. 1996/441). [Text 22a/4].
Implementing text(s)
1996 (AUT-1996-R-48591)
Ordinance on safety and health documents (DOK-VO, BGBl. 1996/478). [Text 22a/5].
Implementing text(s)
1996 (AUT-1996-R-48591)
Ordinance on safety and health documents (DOK-VO, BGBl. 1996/478). [Text 22a/5].
Implementing text(s)
1997 (AUT-1997-R-48592)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on health surveillance at the workplace (VGÜ, BGBl. II 1997/27). [Text 22a/6].
Implementing text(s)
1997 (AUT-1997-R-48592)
Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on health surveillance at the workplace (VGÜ, BGBl. II 1997/27). [Text 22a/6].
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1997-01-10 (AUT-1997-L-48000)
Act to amend the Worker Protection Act, the Act on the adaptation of labour contract law [BGBl. 459 of 1993], and the Maternity Protection Act [Text No. 9].
Amending text(s)
1997-01-10 (AUT-1997-L-48000)
Act to amend the Worker Protection Act, the Act on the adaptation of labour contract law [BGBl. 459 of 1993], and the Maternity Protection Act [Text No. 9].
Amending text(s)
1999-01-12 (AUT-1999-L-51637)
Amendment of the Act on Occuptional Safety and Health Protection and the General Social Security Act. No. 12.
Amending text(s)
1999-01-12 (AUT-1999-L-51637)
Amendment of the Act on Occuptional Safety and Health Protection and the General Social Security Act. No. 12.
Amending text(s)
2011-07-08 (AUT-2011-L-90238)
Federal Act to amend: Construction Workers Leave and Severance Pay Act, Worker Protection Act, Construction Work Coordination Act, Labour Inspection Act and the Federal Act on Labour Inspection in the Transport Sector (BGBI. 51/2011).
Amending text(s)
2012-12-28 (AUT-2012-L-93672)
Act to amend the Worker Protection Act and Labour Inspection Act.
Amending text(s)
2014-12-16 (AUT-2014-L-98827)
Act to amend: Employment Contract Law Harmonization Act; Temporary Work Agency Act; Worker Protection Act; Federal Act on arrangement of hours of work; Act concerning holiday and severance pay regulations for workers in the construction industry; Unemployment Insurance Act (Labour and Social Law Amendment Act 2014)(BGBl. I Nr. 94/2014)
Amending text(s)
2015-03-27 (AUT-2015-L-101858)
Act to amend the Worker Protection Act and the Maternity Protection Act (BGBl. I Nr. 60/2015)
Amending text(s)
2016-08-01 (AUT-2016-L-104207)
Federal Act to amend: Construction Workers Leave and Severance Pay Act, Construction Workers Bad Weather Compensation Act 1957, Workers' Severance Pay Act, Worker Protection Act, Construction Work Coordination Act and Labour Inspection Act (BGBl I 72/2016)
Amending text(s)
2017-04-12 (AUT-2017-L-106376)
Deregulation Act 2017 (BGBl I 40/2017)
Amending text(s)
2017-08-01 (AUT-2017-L-106384)
Federal Act to amend: Worker Protection Act; Labour Inspection Act 1993; Working Time Act; Rest Periods Act; Maternity Protection Act 1979; General Social Security Act; Public Servants' Sickness and Accident Insurance Act; and Employment Protection Act 1991 (Employee Protection Deregulation Act) (BGBl I 126/2017)
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1972-05-30 (AUT-1972-L-16321)
Workers' Protection Act. Text No. 234.
Repealed text(s)
1972-05-30 (AUT-1972-L-16321)
Workers' Protection Act. Text No. 234.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1999-01-15 (AUT-1999-L-51626)
Construction Work Coordination Act (BGBl. I. No. 37/1999).
Related text(s)
1999-01-15 (AUT-1999-L-51626)
Construction Work Coordination Act (BGBl. I. No. 37/1999).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line in German
Author
Bundeskanzleramt, Rechtsinformationssystem (RIS)
Country
Austria
URL
http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/
File
AUT42245 Ger.pdf (PDF of Act in German as amended to BGBl. I Nr. 50/2012)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Arbeitsrecht
Author
Dittrich, Veit, Tades
Publisher
Manz Verlag
Place of publication
Vienna
Country
Austria
Date
1995-04-01