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On this page you find rules and regulations in relation to healthy and safe working conditions. Statutory rules and regulations govern such issues as physical strain and working with hazardous substances. All business owners who employ staff are obliged to draw up a risk inventory and evaluation (RI&E). The company must also have a company emergency response team and designated health and safety officers.
- Working conditions
If you own a company in the Netherlands you must ensure a healthy and safe work place for all your personnel, ...
- Accommodation for foreign workers
If you have a company in the Netherlands and you employ foreign workers on a temporary basis, you will in some cases ...
- Aggression and violence against employees
If you own a company in the Netherlands, you are obliged to protect your employees against aggression and violence ...
- Ban on smoking in the workplace
The Dutch Tobacco Act (Tabakswet) specifies that every employee in the Netherlands has the right to a smoke-free ...
- CAO (Collective Labour Agreement)
If you run a company in the Netherlands, you may have to deal with collective labour agreements (CAOs), which ...
- Certification and quality marks
With a certificate or quality mark, you can demonstrate that the products, services, processes or working conditions ...
- Company emergency response team (BHV)
Every company must arrange a company emergency response team (Bedrijfshulpverlening, BHV) so that employees and ...
- Employment of young people
In the Netherlands special rules apply to employment of young people regarding the kind of work and their working ...
- Equal treatment and pay
If you run a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, or if your business has its registered office outside of ...
- Harmful noise levels
Measures must be taken when employees are exposed to harmful levels of noise. The measures to be taken depend on the ...
- Health and safety officer
As specified in the Dutch Working Conditions Act (Arbowet), business owners in the Netherlands must designate one or ...
- Knowledge workers
If you run a business in the Netherlands and you wish to employ a knowledge worker or knowledge migrant from a ...
- Personal protective equipment
Personal protective equipment provides protection against accidents involving a person’s head, face, eyes, ...
- Physical stress
Physical exertion includes: lifting; pushing; pulling; repetitive movements; working ...
- Reporting industrial accidents
As an employer, you are obliged to report industrial accidents to the SZW Inspectorate (Inspectie SZW) if the ...
- Risk inventory and evaluation
If you own a business in the Netherlands and you employ staff, you are obliged to conduct a risk inventory and ...
- Storing hazardous substances
In the Netherlands, the storage of hazardous substances is subject to strict regulations. In certain cases, an ...
- Testing work equipment
Work equipment such as tools, machines and installations should not pose a risk to the employees on the work floor. ...
- Work performed by persons over 65
If you run a business in the Netherlands and have an employee who is 65 or older whom you would like to keep, then ...
- Working conditions for self-employed workers without employees
If you work in the Netherlands as a self-employed worker without employees (zzp'er) or as a freelancer, you will ...
- Working conditions new and expectant mothers
New and expectant mothers in the Netherlands have special rights with regard to working conditions. They are, among ...
- Working hours and rest times
If you run a business in the Netherlands and employ staff, or if your business has its registered office outside of ...
- Working with a visual display unit (computer screen)
As an employer in the Netherlands, you must ensure that working with a visual display unit (which usually means ...
- Working with hazardous substances
If you own a company in the Netherlands and your employees are (or could be) exposed to hazardous substances while ...
- Works Council or staff representation
Under the Works Councils Act (Wet op de ondernemingsraden, WOR) every business in the Netherlands with 50 employees ...
