OSH system at national level - Belgium

Occupational safety and health legislative framework

Occupational safety and health (OSH) at work is covered by the “Law of 4 August 1996 on well-being of workers in the performance of their work" [1] and its royal decrees. The Law transposes into Belgian law the framework Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 [2] on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work. The Law and its implementing royal decrees form together the “Code on Well-being at Work" (le Code sur le bien-être au travail) [3]. The Code applies to every employer who employs at least one worker. The law of 4 August 1996 applies to the private…