Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Eswatini
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
Eswatini does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2001.
It contains no specific ergonomics regulations for remote work.
Page last updated: 13/08/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 9
(1) An employer or an occupier shall ensure the safety and health of all employees during employment by securing safe and healthy working conditions in that employer’s or occupier’s workplace.
(2) An employer shall as far as reasonably practicable ensure by effective supervision, that work is performed in a safe manner and without risks to health or exposure to danger.
(3) An employer shall ensure that there exist a systematic way of identifying, evaluating and controlling hazards at the workplace and such systematic ways are functional at all times.
(4) An employer shall provide free of charge adequate and appropriate personal protective appliances, equipment and clothing to an employee who is performing activities or processes which expose such an employee to wet, dusty or noisy conditions, extreme heat or extreme cold, or to any other poisonous, corrosive or injurious substance or material liable to affect the employee’s safety and health or cause undue damage to the employee’s clothing.
(5) An employer shall inform an employee of any known hazards or diseases which may exist in connection with that employee’s work.
(6) An employer shall ensure that an employee receives the necessary training and instruction to perform the employee’s work in such a way as to avoid any danger, or risk to danger, loss of health or injury.
(7) An employer shall inform a safety and health representative, or the safety and health committee, or an employee of any directive or instruction whether written or not written, given to that employer by the Commissioner or by an inspector in connection with the safety and health of that workplace or any directive or instruction so intended by the Commissioner or inspector to be communicated to the employees or their safety and health representatives or the safety and health committee.
(8) In a workplace where there is no safety and health representative or safety and health committee, the employer sh all in compliance to subsection (7), communicate the directives directly to the affected employees.
(9) An employer shall conduct that employer’s activities in such a manner that persons other than the employees are not exposed to hazards or dangers arising from that employer’s activities.
(10) Where the hazard or danger does not originate from the activities of that employer’s workplace, the employer shall take reasonably practicable steps to mitigate the effects of such hazard or danger and the person from whose workplace the hazard or danger originates shall pay for the expenses incurred in mitigating the effects of the hazards or danger to the person who mitigated it.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Article 11
(1) An employee shall cooperate and follow instructions given by the employer, Commissioner, inspector or any other person lawfully authorised to give such instructions in keeping the working conditions safe and without risk to health and injury in the field of that activity.
(2) An employee shall, where any means, appliance, equipment or other safety device for securing safety and health is provided by the employer under the provisions of this Act for use and protection of an employee or property in any process, properly use same in accordance with the instructions given by the employer or any person mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) An employee, where a situation becomes unsafe or unhealthy, or an accident occurs and such a situation or accident comes to that employee’s knowledge or attention, shall as soon as possible report such a situation or accident to the employer or supervisor who shall report it to the employer as soon as possible.
The information on this page comes from...
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2001 (Download required)
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.
