Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Dominican Republic
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
The Dominican Republic does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 522-06.
Though no artciles within its regulation explicitly mention remote work, the Domincan Republic has also published Resolution No.23/2020, which explains the special modality of remote work.
Page last updated: 28/07/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 6 - Obligations of employers
Employers have the legal obligation to protect workers from occupational hazards.
In fulfillment of this duty of protection, the employer must guarantee the safety and health of workers at their disposal in the service, in all aspects related to the work, adopting all necessary measures for these purposes.
Regardless of the responsibilities provided for in the Code of Work and applicable laws, the employer must comply with the obligations established in the annexes of this Regulation, the complementary Resolutions, and the regulations on the prevention of occupational hazards.
Employers must register data on work accidents and all cases of damage that occur during work or in relation to it.
6.1.4
Costs related to the adoption of measures aimed at guaranteeing safety and health at work should not fall in any way on the workers. -
Article 7 - Obligations of the employer in relation to preventive action
The employer will apply the following preventive measures:
7.1
- Prevent risks at their source.
- Plan prevention in a coherent set that integrates technique, the organization of work, working conditions, social relations, and the influence of environmental factors on the work.
- Control risks that cannot be avoided from a technical point of view.
- Adapt the work to the person, particularly regarding the design of workstations, the selection of equipment and methods of work and production, with the aim of mitigating monotonous and repetitive work and reducing its negative effects on health.
- Take technological evolution into account in relation to prevention.
- Replace dangerous elements with others that involve less risk or no risk for workers.
- Adopt measures that prioritize collective protection over individual protection.
- Give proper instructions to workers in relation to prevention. Provide workers with individually adequate protective equipment at no cost to them.
- Adopt preventive measures appropriate to the characteristics of the different branches of economic activity and the different types of work.
- Take the necessary measures regarding working hours and rest periods so that they do not cause harm to workers’ safety and health of workers, as well as to take reasonable and feasible measures to eliminate any excessive physical or mental fatigue.
- Implement the preventive measures established in this Regulation when an incident has occurred that has caused harm to the health of workers for whom the employer will carry out a research effort in this regard, in order to detect the causes that originated said harm.
- Provide for the availability of an occupational health service at the workplace within the company or through agreements with an external body.
The employer will guarantee to the workers at their disposal the periodic health surveillance of their health status, depending on the risks inherent to the work. Such periodicity will never exceed one year and will be announced. Medical examinations and any health‑surveillance activity in the workplace must be carried out by doctors who have a specialty or master’s degree in occupational health or who are under their supervision.
7.15
The employer has the ethical and moral duty, as well as the legal obligation, to take control measures against any identified risk, regardless of whether or not it is contained in this Regulation.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Article 4 - Rights of the workers
4.1
Workers have the right to effective protection in matters of safety and health at work.
4.2
Workers have the right to participate in the design, adoption, and fulfillment of preventive actions. This participation includes consultation on risk assessment and the resulting planning, and accompaniment of the preventive action, as well as access to the documentation.
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.
