1. What must the employer ensure to safeguard employees’ health, environment, and safety?
The employer shall ensure that systematic health, environment and safety work is performed at all levels of the undertaking, and that this work is carried out in cooperation with the employees and their elected representatives, including in Norway.
2. What does systematic health, environment and safety work require the employer to establish?
Systematic health, environment and safety work requires the employer to establish goals for health, environment and safety in the undertaking, including in Norway.
3. What organisational responsibilities must the employer clarify as part of health and safety work?
The employer shall have an overall view of the undertaking’s organisation, including how responsibility, tasks, and authority for health, environment and safety work are distributed, including in Norway.
4. What duties does the employer have regarding hazard identification and risk assessment?
The employer shall survey hazards and problems, assess risk factors, prepare plans, and implement measures to reduce risks in the undertaking, including in Norway.
5. What must the employer do when planning or implementing changes in the undertaking?
During planning and implementation of changes, the employer shall assess whether the working environment complies with the requirements of the Act and implement necessary measures, including in Norway.
6. What routines must the employer implement to ensure compliance with working environment requirements?
The employer shall implement routines to detect, rectify, and prevent contraventions of requirements laid down in or pursuant to the Act, including in Norway.
7. What responsibilities does the employer have regarding sickness absence?
The employer shall ensure systematic prevention and follow-up of absence due to sickness as part of the working environment measures, including in Norway.
8. When must the employer ensure continuous monitoring of the working environment and employee health?
The employer shall ensure continuous control of the working environment and employees’ health when necessitated by identified risk factors, including in Norway.
9. What obligations does the employer have to inform and train employees on safety matters?
The employer shall ensure that employees are informed of accident risks and health hazards related to the work and receive the necessary training, practice, and instruction, including in Norway.
10. When is the employer required to provide personal protective equipment and written instructions?
When satisfactory protection of life and health cannot be achieved by other means, the employer shall provide suitable personal protective equipment, ensure training in its use, and ensure it is used, and if work involves hazards to life or health, written instructions shall be prepared, including in Norway.
