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DEU-1996-L-44880
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Labour Protection Act (ArbSchG)(BGBl. IS. 1246).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Germany
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
1996-08-07
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Gesetz über die Durchführung von Maßnahmen des Arbeitsschutzes zur Verbesserung der Sicherheit und des Gesundheitsschutzes der Beschäftigten bei der Arbeit (Arbeitsschutzgesetz - ArbSchG)
Abstract/Citation
Section 1 provides for an Occupational Safety Act, covering all employees except domestic workers and seafarers. Requires the employer to eliminate safety hazards, to document risk assessment and measures taken to reduce hazards, and to provide safety and first aid equipment. Employees shall have the right to make suggestions regarding safety at the workplace.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1996-08-08
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Partial entry dates region
Date of partial entry into force
1997-08-21
Ss. 1(6)(1)
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1997-03-11 (DEU-1997-R-46409)
Ordinance regarding safety and health protection during the use of work tools at the workplace.
Implementing text(s)
1997-03-11 (DEU-1997-R-46409)
Ordinance regarding safety and health protection during the use of work tools at the workplace.
Implementing text(s)
1997-04-15 (DEU-1997-R-46610)
Ordinance to supplement the implementation of the EU Maternity Protection Guideline.
Implementing text(s)
2007-03-06 (DEU-2007-R-86647)
Noise and Vibration at Work Regulations (LärmVibrationsArbSchV) (BGBl. I S. 261).
Implementing text(s)
2008-12-18 (DEU-2008-R-86720)
Regulation concerning occupational health care (BGBl. I S. 2768).
Implementing text(s)
2010-07-19 (DEU-2010-R-86914)
Regulation to protect workers against risks arising from artificial optical radiation (Safety Regulation against artificial optical radiation)
Implementing text(s)
2015-02-03 (DEU-2015-R-101566)
Regulation on health and safety in the use of work equipment.
Implementing text(s)
2016-11-15 (DEU-2016-R-104018)
Regulation on protection of workers from exposure to electromagnetic fields.
Implementing text(s)
2016-11-15 (DEU-2016-R-104019)
Regulation to implement the EU Directive 2014/27/EU and to amend the Labour Protection Regulation.
Implementing text(s)
2018-04-23 (DEU-2018-R-108170)
Regulation on the obligation to transfer, by the Federal Employment Agency, operating data to the highest Land authorities responsible for labor protection (Operating Data Transmission Regulation - BGBl I 15/2018)
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1987-01-01 (DEU-1987-R-3330)
Notification of the consolidated text of the rules governing small scale businesses and trades.
Amended text(s)
1987-01-01 (DEU-1987-R-3330)
Notification of the consolidated text of the rules governing small scale businesses and trades.
Amended text(s)
1995-02-03 (DEU-1995-L-41048)
Notification of the consolidation of the Act on the regulation of labour contracting.
Amended text(s)
1995-02-03 (DEU-1995-L-41048)
Notification of the consolidation of the Act on the regulation of labour contracting.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1997-03-24 (DEU-1997-L-46596)
Social Code - Book III - Employment Promotion.
Amending text(s)
1997-04-29 (DEU-1997-L-46842)
Third Act to improve the right to vote in social security matters and to amend other Acts.
Amending text(s)
1997-04-29 (DEU-1997-L-46842)
Third Act to improve the right to vote in social security matters and to amend other Acts.
Amending text(s)
1997-12-16 (DEU-1997-L-48394)
First Act to amend the Third Book of the Social Code and other laws (1. SGB III-ÄndG).
Amending text(s)
1997-12-16 (DEU-1997-L-48394)
First Act to amend the Third Book of the Social Code and other laws (1. SGB III-ÄndG).
Amending text(s)
2004-04-23 (DEU-2004-L-76918)
Act on the access to the labour market in the context of EU-Enlargement
Amending text(s)
2008-04-08 (DEU-2008-L-86730)
Act to amend maritime transport, traffic and other regulations related to the Law of the Sea.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line in German
Author
Gesetze im Internet
Publisher
Ministry of Justice - Bundesministerium der Justiz
Country
Germany
URL
http://bundesrecht.juris.de/
File
ArbSchG.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I
Date
1996-08-20
Number
No. 43
Page range
pp. 1246-1253