Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Greece
The information here was collated from publicly available online sources by a team of senior ergonomists for Ergo Global. 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
Ergonomics is addressed under Greek occupational safety and health law.
The Duties of
The Employer
Under Law 3850/2010 (Code of Health and Safety at Work) and applicable presidential decrees, employers must ensure the safety and health of workers at work. This duty includes identifying, assessing and managing ergonomic risks arising from work activities, work organisation and workplace design.
- Carry out and document a workplace risk assessment - Identify and assess all occupational risks through a written risk assessment (εκτίμηση επαγγελματικού κινδύνου), including ergonomic risks such as posture, physical load, repetitive movements, screen work and musculoskeletal strain.
- Address ergonomic risks beyond display screen work - Ensure that ergonomic risk assessment and prevention are not limited to work with visual display screens, but apply across all work activities where physical or musculoskeletal strain may occur.
- Manage risks related to manual handling and physical load - Identify, assess and reduce risks associated with manual handling and physical load, including lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling, in accordance with Greek occupational health and safety legislation.
- Implement requirements for work with visual display screens - For workers who use visual display screens as a significant part of their work, assess workstation risks, ensure compliance with minimum requirements, organise work to include breaks or task variation, and provide appropriate information and training.
- Ensure suitable workplace and workstation design - Design and arrange workplaces, workstations, furniture and work equipment so as to minimise physical strain and ergonomic risks and support safe and healthy working conditions.
- Organise work to reduce physical and mental strain - Take account of work organisation, workload, pace of work and task design when assessing ergonomic risks, including their impact on both physical and mental strain.
- Provide information, instruction and training - Inform and train workers on ergonomic risks and safe work practices before they start work, and whenever changes occur to work processes, equipment or working conditions.
- Ensure competent involvement in ergonomic assessments - Ensure that ergonomic risk assessments and preventive measures are carried out or supported by competent persons, including the Safety Technician (Τεχνικός Ασφαλείας) and the Occupational Physician (Ιατρός Εργασίας), where required under Greek law.
- Consult workers and their representatives - Consult workers or their representatives on ergonomic risks and preventive measures, in accordance with consultation requirements under occupational health and safety legislation.
- Provide occupational health involvement where necessary - Ensure appropriate medical surveillance and occupational health involvement where ergonomic risks, symptoms or individual circumstances indicate potential health impacts.
- Ensure data protection and lawful data processing - Ensure that personal and health-related data collected during ergonomic assessments is processed in accordance with the GDPR and Greek data protection law, including restrictions on access, storage and cross-border data transfers, and in coordination with occupational health services where applicable.
- Review and update measures - Regularly review and update ergonomic risk assessments and preventive measures, and update them whenever changes occur in work organisation, equipment or working conditions that may affect workers’ health or safety.
Chapter C: Miscellaneous Provision
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