OSH system at national level - Germany

OSH Legislative Framework

The German legislative OSH framework is characterised by the influence of European directives. These directives are implemented on the national level. The German national regulations and acts are then concretised by social accident insurance institutions’ accident prevention regulations. Technical rules and standards complement national regulations on a voluntary basis.The German occupational safety and health (OSH) system includes several stakeholders: Whereas the Federal State (Bund), and in particular the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, BMAS) enacts OSH laws and acts at the national…