Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Iceland
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
Iceland does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety in Workplaces, No. 46/1980.
Iceland does not have any laws written or modified since 1980. Hence there are no specific regulations relating to remote work.
Page last updated: 18/05/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 13: Safe working environment
The employer shall ensure full safety and good working environment and health in the workplace. -
Article 14: Information
The employer shall inform the employees of all dangers of accidents and health hazards which may be associated with their work. The employer shall, furthermore, ensure that the employees receive education and training for their jobs to minimize dangers associated therewith. -
Article 65: Safety programme
The employer shall be responsible for drawing up a written programme of safety and health in the workplace. The programme shall include a risk assessment, cf. Article 65 a, and a health protection schedule, cf. Article 66. Workers’ representatives shall be consulted, cf. Chapter II. The Administration of Occupational Safety and Health shall monitor to ensure that written programmes of safety and health in the workplace are drawn up. The employer shall make the programme available to its managers, employees and the Administration of Occupational Safety and Health. Programmes of safety and health in the workplace shall be reviewed when changes in the working environment alter the premises on which they are based. -
Article 65a: Risk assessments
The employer shall be responsible for having a special risk assessment made, in which the risks involved in the work shall be evaluated with regard to the safety and health of the workers and the risks in the working environment. In making the risk assessment, particular attention shall be given to jobs in which it is foreseeable that the health and safety of the workers involved are subject to greater risk than is the case with other workers. When a risk assessment at a workplace indicates that the health and safety of workers are at risk, the employer shall take the necessary preventive measures in order to prevent the risk, or, where this is not possible, to reduce it as far as possible. -
Article 66: Preventive measures
The employer shall be responsible for having a health protection schedule made, based on the risk assessment, cf. Article 65 a, including a schedule of preventive measures, which shall include measures to be taken to reduce work-related illnesses and accidents.
The aim of health protection measures shall be:
a. to increase the likelihood that workers will be protected against all forms of health risks and health damage that may result from their work or working conditions,
b. to increase the likelihood that work will be organized in such a way that workers will be assigned tasks to which they are suited, and to promote their mental and physical adaptation to the working environment,
c. to reduce absenteeism from work due to illness and accidents by raising safety levels and maintaining workers’ health in the workplace,
d. to promote workers’ mental and physical well-being. The schedule of preventive measures shall contain a description of how the dangers and the associated risks as identified by the risk assessment are to be countered, e.g. by the structuring of work, education, training, choice of equipment, chemical substances or mixtures of chemical substances, the use of safety and protective equipment, fixtures and furnishings in the workplace or other preventive measures. Priority shall be given to measures of a general nature before measures are taken to protect individual workers. -
Article 67: Medical examination
Workers shall have the opportunity of having a medical check-up at the employer’s expense before they are engaged for work, while they are employed and after they cease employment, providing that their working conditions are such as may result in damage to their health and there is reason to believe that this may prevent or limit occupational diseases and work-related illnesses. -
Article 69: No financial loss
The employer shall guarantee that health protection supervision, medical examinations, tests and examinations do not cause a financial loss to the employees. Employees and former employees are obliged to undergo check-ups, examinations, tests and physical examinations according to the rules in effect at each point in time.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Article 25: Participation
Employees shall participate in activities which aim at increased safety and improved working environment and health in the workplace. -
Article 26: Safe conditions
Employees shall work towards making the working conditions within their field satisfactory as concerns working environment, health and safety, and, furthermore, ensure that proper measures are taken towards increased safety and improved working environment and health according to this Act.
In cases where an employee becomes aware of a defect or deficiency which can lead to limited safety or deteriorated working environment or health conditions without being able to solve the problem, he/she shall immediately notify the safety guard, the safety representative, the foreman or the employer.
The information on this page comes from...
Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety in Workplaces, No. 46/1980
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.
