Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Companies are responsible for the health and safety of their employees. An ergonomically designed workplace and safety precautions help to prevent occupational illnesses and accidents.

Formalities

Here you will find information about formalities related to this subject:

• Accident at work and on the way to work; notification to the agricultural accident insurance fund

  If an occupational accident has occurred in your business or facility, you must report it.

• Occupational health and safety management system; consulting and auditing based on OHRIS

  The industrial inspectorates at the district governments advise companies on the voluntary introduction of a company occupational health and safety management system based on OHRIS.

• Occupational safety; application for an exception to the appointment of a company physician or occupational safety specialist
  Employers may apply to the relevant trade supervisory office for the granting of an exemption when appointing company physicians and occupational safety specialists if the person to be appointed does not meet the legal requirements.
• Working time; monitoring

  The labor inspectorates at the governments monitor compliance with the Working Hours Act and, in exceptional cases, approve, among other things, work on Sundays and public holidays, as well as, in individual cases, an increase in the maximum permissible working hours with appropriate compensation.

• Construction worker protection; monitoring

  The labor inspectorates monitor working conditions on construction sites.

• Mining; notification of the appointment of a responsible person
  A supervisor (responsible person) can be appointed in accordance with §§ 58 ff of the Federal Mining Act to fulfill the duties arising from mining regulations and to manage and supervise the operation.
• Occupational disease; application for recognition
  You can apply for recognition of an occupational disease.
• Explosive substances; notification of the commencement of activities and the appointed responsible persons.
  Anyone who handles explosive substances commercially must notify the competent authority of the commencement of this activity and the responsible persons appointed by him.
• Statutory accident insurance; registration of a company

  If you start a business, become self-employed or freelance, you must register this with the statutory accident insurance.

• Health promotion and prevention; application for funding as part of the "Gesund.Leben.Bayern." initiative

  With the Gesund.Leben.Bayern. initiative, the Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Care and Prevention promotes knowledge-based and quality-assured model projects that take into account individual behavior and conditions in the living environment.

• Youth employment protection; application for a certificate of authorization to investigate.

  If you need an examination authorization certificate to conduct a medical examination under the Youth Employment Protection Act, you must apply for one.

• Childcare; application for compensation under the Infection Protection Act

  Employers and self-employed persons can apply for compensation or reimbursement in accordance with Section 56 (1a) of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG).

• Food personnel; registration for instruction in accordance with the Infection Protection Act

  Before starting a commercial activity with food in the sense of § 42 para. 2 Infection Protection Act (IfSG) for the first time, an instruction by the health authorities or by the doctors appointed by them is required, § 43 para. 1 IfSG.

• Driving and rest times; monitoring
  Compliance with social regulations in road traffic is monitored by the state within the framework of company inspections and roadside inspections.
• Maternity protection; notice of employment of pregnant or nursing woman
  If one of your employees, students or pupils has informed you that she is pregnant or breastfeeding, you must notify the relevant labor inspectorate.
• Event space; notice of temporary use

  You must notify an event with more than 200 attendees that is to be held only temporarily in a space that is not licensed as a meeting space.

• Loss of earnings; application for compensation under the Infection Protection Act

  If you are prohibited from working due to the Infection Protection Act and suffer a loss of earnings as a result, you can receive compensation under certain conditions.

• Firearms license; application

  If you want to carry a firearm in public, you must first apply for a firearms license.

• Firearms license; application for renewal
  When your firearms license expires, you must have it renewed.