Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Samoa
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
Samoa does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002, and its Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2017.
Neither of these regulations specify laws for remote work.
Page last updated: 11/06/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002, Article 11 - General duty of employers to employees
An employer must take all reasonably practicable steps to protect the safety, health and welfare at work of employees and to provide and maintain a safe and healthy working environment including substances, systems of work and any building or public or private area in which work takes place. -
Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002, Article 12 - Identification and assessment of hazards
(1) Each employer must establish and maintain effective methods for:
(a) Systematically identifying existing and potential hazards to employees;
(b) Systematically identifying, at the earliest practicable time, new hazards to employees;
(c) Regularly assessing the extent to which a hazard poses a risk to employees. -
Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002, Article 13 - Management of identified hazards
(1) Each employer must take appropriate steps to control hazards which are identified and assessed as posing a threat to the safety, health or welfare of employees, and where practicable, the hazard shall be eliminated.
(2) If elimination is impracticable then steps shall be taken to isolate hazards from employees.
(3) If elimination or isolation is impracticable, then the employer must take steps:
(i) to minimise the likelihood that the hazard will be a cause or source of harm to the employees; and
(ii) to ensure that protective clothing and gear is provided, such as meets the standards outlined in this Act, including Codes of Practice and Regulations issued under this Act; and
(iii) to monitor the exposure of employees to the hazard; and (iv) to monitor, with their informed consent, the health of employees in relation to exposure to the hazard. -
Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002, Article 14 - Training and supervision
(1) Each employer must take all reasonably practicable steps to provide to his employees, in appropriate languages, the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to protect each employee’s health and to deal with emergencies that might reasonably be expected to arise in the course of work. -
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2017, Article 3 - Hazard identification and risk assessment
(1) An employer must ensure that appropriate steps are taken to identify all reasonably foreseeable hazards arising from work which may affect the health or safety of employees or other persons at the workplace.
(2) If a hazard is identified under subregulation (1), an employer must ensure that an-assessment is made of the risks associated with the hazard.
(3) In carrying out an assessment under subregulation (2), an employer must, as far as is reasonably practicable, determine a method of assessment that adequately addresses the hazards identified. -
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2017, Article 4 - Monitoring of substance exposure and health of employees
(1) Where health assessment risk indicates exposure or a likely exposure of employees to any substance regulated under these Regulations, the employer must:
(a) monitor the exposure of the substance; and
(b) monitor the health of his or her employees; and
(c) carry out a health surveillance programme; and
(d) keep information and records relating to the health and safety of his or her employees.
(2) The employer must provide and notify the employees of the results of the monitoring process under subregulation (1).
(3) The employer may terminate the monitoring process if results indicate that the exposure has been adequately controlled and no longer poses health risks. -
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2017, Article 5 - Control of risk
(1) An employer must, on the basis of a risk assessment under regulation 3, ensure that any risks to health or safety arising out of work are eliminated or, if that is not reasonably practicable, minimised.
(2) An employer must, in the implementation of subregulation (1), ensure that the minimisation of any risk is achieved . -
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2017, Article 6 - Information, instruction and training
(1) An employer must, in relation to the implementation of these Regulations, ensure that an employee receives suitable and adequate information, instruction and training for any task that the employee may be required to perform at work. -
Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2017, Article 42 - Manual Handling
An employer must take every step necessary:
(a) to prevent the occurrence of injury and to reduce the severity of injuries resulting from manual handling tasks in workplaces; and
(b) to identify, assess and control risks arising from manual handling tasks in workplaces.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Occupational Safety and Health Act 2002, Article 16 - General duty of employees
Each employee shall:
(a) Take all reasonable care to protect his or her health and safety at work, and, of fellow workers and, as appropriate, other persons in the vicinity;
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.
