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  Legislative requirements and guides

The conditions about the working environment are described in the Danish Working Environment Act. It is vital that you are informed about the Act, and the general requirements that you are subject to according to the Act.

 

  The Danish Working Environment Act

Section 1.

The Act aims at creating

  1. A safe and healthy working environment which shall at any time be in accordance with the technical and social development of society, and
  2. The basis on which the enterprises themselves will be able to solve questions relating to safety and health under the guidance of the employers' and workers' organisations, and under the guidance and supervision of the Danish Working Environment Authority.


Section 15.

It shall be the duty of the employer to ensure safe and healthy working conditions. Special reference is made to:

  1. Part 5 on the performance of the work,
  2. Part 6 on the design and fitting out of the workplace,
  3. Part 7 on technical equipment, etc.
  4. Part 8 on substances and materials.

A number of Executive Orders have been drawn up in connection with the Working Environment Act. In these Executive Orders, you can read about the requirements concerning the relevant areas that are covered by the Working Environment Act. For instance, you can find information on the performance of work. In cases where you have to work with the Working Environment Act at your place of business, there is a number of guides, working environment directories etc. that are easier to use than the Working Environment Act and the Executive Orders.

1. Guides and information material from the Danish WEA

Relevant issues on the working environment are described in a wide range of guides and information material from the Danish WEA. You should read the guides and information material relevant to the work at your place of business.

 

In the guides from the Danish WEA you can read about how the rules in the Working Environment Act should be interpreted. The guides are used for:

  • clarifying and explaining words and phrases in the acts and executive orders;
  • explaining how the requirements laid down in the regulations should be satisfied, according to the practice of the Danish WEA;
  • providing information about the practices of the Danish WEA;
  • explaining scopes and contexts etc. of the working environment legislation.