Workplace Ordinance: Exception
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)
Service Description
Exceptions to the regulations of the Workplace Ordinance must be applied for with Unfallkasse Nord.
The Workplace Ordinance stipulates what the employer must observe when setting up and operating workplaces with regard to the safety and health protection of employees. It regulates, for example, requirements for work rooms, break rooms, standby rooms and sanitary facilities, lighting, ventilation and room temperature.
As an employer, you can apply in writing to the competent authority for exemptions from the provisions of this ordinance if
- you take other, equally effective measures or
- the implementation of the regulation would lead to disproportionate hardship in individual cases and the deviation is compatible with the protection of employees.
In its assessment, the authority must take particular account of the interests of smaller companies.
Teaser
Exceptions to the regulations of the Workplace Ordinance must be applied for with Unfallkasse Nord.
Who should I contact?
State Office for Occupational Safety, Social Affairs and Health (LASG)
Which documents are required?
- Written application,
- Proof of the necessity of the deviation and
- Proof that the deviation is compatible with the protection of employees.
- At the request of the authority: Proof of the effectiveness of the deviating measures.
Legal basis
§ Section 3 (3) of the Ordinance on Workplaces (Arbeitsstättenverordnung - ArbStättV).
Author
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