In the Netherlands, employers and employees within a company hold primary responsibility for occupational health and safety (OSH). They must agree on working conditions and are supported by trade unions and the sectors trade association in drafting appropriate OSH measures. These working conditions are listed in the Working Conditions Act (Arbowet), which lays down the foundational OSH laws in the Netherlands.

The Portuguese Focal Point is administered by ACT – Working Conditions Authority under the direct administration of the State Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security but endowed with administrative autonomy in all the mainland territory. The ACT’s main mission is to promote the improvement of working conditions, by promoting the policies on the prevention of occupational hazards and controlling the compliance with the labour standards and the laws concerning the health and safety at work in all the private activity sectors.

In Romania, the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection is the competent authority in the OSH field. The main responsibilities: drawing up the national policy and strategy in this field, drawing up drafts of normative acts in order to implement the national strategy and monitoring the enforcement of the legislation. The Labour Inspection is controlling the compliance with OSH legislation.

The state administrative bodies with responsibility in the field of labour inspection are the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic, the National Labour Inspectorate, which has its seat in Košice, and eight Labour Inspectorates, which are situated and have jurisdiction over areas which correspond to the eight administrative regions of the Slovak Republic.

As of 1 January 2020, the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) is the Focal Point in Finland for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, EU-OSHA.
FIOH is a specialist organization that conducts research, offers services and is an active leader in the field of occupational health and safety and well-being at work. Our aim is to ensure that work creates well-being at workplaces, among individuals and in society.

As the Focal Point for Finland, FIOH will:

The Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise - Mynak, is the Swedish national focal point for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work on behalf of the Swedish Government and Parliament since 2019.

Mynak in its role as focal point coordinates representatives of government, employers and employees in order to strengthen the national and international work within the health and safety at work sector.

The Icelandic approach to the European cooperation in the field of health and safety at work.

The Norwegian Working Environment Act is intended to ensure secure conditions of employment, a safe working environment and a meaningful work situation for all employees. Enterprises themselves are responsible for the preventing work-related accidents and harm to health. Employers have a duty to ensure that the working environment and level of safety are appropriate and satisfactory. The authorities help by ensuring that enterprises carry out systematic work in relation to health, safety and the environment (HSE).

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