Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Albania
The information here was collated from official online sources by Ergo Global ergonomists. All information is for general purposes and cannot be considered 1-to-1 legal advice. Ergo Global disclaim any liability relating to the information provided on this page.
To Note
Albania does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Law on Safety and Health at Work.
Though work from home employees or regulations are not explicitly mentioned in this law, Article 5 within states that all the law is applicable to any worker under employment with an Albanian employer in any workplace in which they have been employed by the employer.
Page last updated: 20/05/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 6: General employers’ obligations
1. The employer in order to ensure the protection of workers in every aspect related to safety and health at work shall take the necessary measures through:
a) the prevention of risks for accidents at work and occupational diseases,
b) providing information and training to workers and their representatives,
c) the organization of individual and collective protection,
ç) ensuring the organization of the workplace and necessary means
3. The employer shall implement the measures referred to in paragraph 1 “a” of the present article, on the basis of the following general principles of prevention:
a) avoiding risks;
b) evaluating the risks which cannot be avoided;
c) combating the risks at source;
d) adapting the work process to the job description of the worker, the choice of work equipment and the choice of working and production methods, with a view, to alleviating monotonous work and work at a predetermined work-rate and to reducing their effect on health. -
Article 9: Special obligations on employers
1. The employer shall:
a) carry out an assessment of the risks to safety and health at work, including those facing groups of workers exposed to particular risks.
b) decide on the protective measures to be taken and, if necessary, the protective equipment to be used.
c) keep a list of accidents at work resulting in a worker being unfit for work for more than three working days because of the work accidents and occupational disease.
ç) draw up, for the relevant authorities, reports on work accidents and occupational diseases. -
Article 12: Worker information
1. The employer:
a) Informs the workers and their representatives on every risk in the workplace, and on the protective measures that should be taken to control those risks and eliminate their harmful consequences. -
Article 19: Training of workers
2. The training on safety and health at work shall be adapted to the specific work position and must be developed according to an updating and changing programme according to the new risks.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Duties of workers’ representatives -
1. The worker’s representative for safety and health at work shall:
a) visit the workplaces for assessing their safety;
b) ask the employer to take appropriate measures to avoid danger.
c) inform the labour inspectorate on the assessment of conditions of safety at work, participate and express his point of view in the inspection-acts of the labour inspector.
d) ask for information by the employer and participate during the drawing-up of the risk assessment and prevention, as well as in other documents related to safety and health at work.
2. The workers’ representatives for safety and health at work shall not be placed at a disadvantage because of their activities referred to in this Article. -
Article 20: Conditions of worker’s activity
Each worker shall perform work so that he does not expose himself nor other persons that may be affected by his acts or negligence during the working process to the danger of an accident or occupational disease, in accordance with his education and training, as well as the instructions given by the employer.
What's next?
Step 1
Run an ergonomics audit following these regulations.
Step 2
List out the gaps in your ergonomics policy.
Step 4
Contact Ergo Global for more support where needed.
