Optimisation of rules and regulations

For you: Clarity and guidance

Statutory regulations are the basis for implementing and evaluating occupational safety and health measures.

One important requirement for the effective implementation of occupational safety and health regulations is that they are practicable, consistent and, above all, easily manageable by the users and self-explanatory. In line with the leitmotif "Better rules and regulations: A gain for companies", the German government, federal states and public accident insurance institutions set themselves the task under the Joint German Occupational Safety and Health Strategy of optimising the rules and regulations relating to safety and health at work. One important module is the guideline paper on the restructuring of the set of rules and regulations in occupational safety and health passed in August 2011.

The guideline paper defines the relationship of state law to autonomous law of the public accident insurance institutions and describes the procedures with which the two areas of law are harmonised.

You will find more details on the German website.