Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Kosovo
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
Kosovo does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Law No. 04/L-161 on Safety and Health at Work.
Page last updated: 20/05/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 5: General principles for employers
1. Employer is responsible to provide safe and healthy working conditions at all aspects of work.
2. Employer is obliged to cover all medical treatment expenses for employee/s who have suffered injury at work or professional illnesses, if they are not insured at an insurance company.
3. Employer is obliged to carry out detailed risk assessment for all work places.
4. Employer is obliged to be led by the principle of equal treatment when taking safety and health measures for all employees. -
Article 6: General duties of the employer
1. As part of his/her responsibilities, employer is obliged to take health and safety measures at work including measures for the prevention of professional hazards, information, training of employees for safe work, provision of proper instructions for the use and maintenance of machinery, tools, and equipment, measures for proper organizing of the workflow.
2. Employer should continuously act in improving work conditions to increase the level of safety and health at work, by amending and supplementing previous measures, according to circumstances created with the change of technical and technological processes.
3. Employer is responsible to employee for damages caused by injury at work, professional illnesses or work-related illnesses, according to the principle of objective responsibility of the rights of liabilities. -
Article 7: Preventive measures
5. Employer is obliged to inform and train employees for safe work, when replacing existing technology with new technologies.
6. Employer is obliged to carry out necessary measures for safety and health at work by providing proper instructions for work for employees at hazardous work places and in such work places employer can engage only employees trained and qualified for such work places. -
Article 16: Risk assessment at workplaces
1. Employer is obliged to carry out risk assessment at workplaces, in order to prevent the risk, including exposure of employees to elements harmful and hazardous of safety and health at work during the working process.
2. Risk assessment at workplaces is carried out by experts of relevant fields within the company, appointed by the employer, respectively by external individuals or services contracted by the employer.
3. Employer, after the risk assessment process, is obliged to develop a risk assessment document and take protective measures necessary for employees' safety and health at work.
4. Method for developing the risk assessment document and its content are regulated by a sub-legal act developed by the Ministry, in accordance with the competent ministry on charge of health issues.
5. Employer is obliged to keep records on accidents at work, professional illnesses and equip the injured with relevant injury note at the workplace. 6. Employer is obliged, in cooperation with authorities responsible for safety and health at work, to develop reports on accidents and professional illnesses at his/her company. -
Article 22: Medical examinations
1. Employer is obliged to provide employees medical examinations at institutions licenced for labour medicine, in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 17 of this Law.
2. Employer is obliged to send to medical examination all employees, at least once in three (3) years.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Article 21: Employee's duties
1. Each employee is responsible to take care of own safety and health at work, also of his/her coworkers, in accordance with trainings and instructions provided by the employer.
2. In accordance with the training, instructions provided by the employer, technical instructions and regulations, employee is obliged to:
2.1. use with diligence machineries, tools and equipment, transportation equipment and other tools at work and act cautiously with hazardous substances;
2.2. use with diligence individual protection equipment at their disposal and after use to return them at the location envisaged for their safe keeping;
2.3. not to dispose of, change or remove arbitrary safety mechanisms installed in equipment, tools, plants, premises and to use properly such mechanisms;
2.4. notify immediately employer, the individual in charge of safety and health at work issues and employees’ representatives, about any situation at work, for which he/she has a reasonable motive to assess as serious and immediate risk for safety and health at work;
2.5. regard all tasks determined by employer on the field of safety and health at work, otherwise, he/she will be held responsible for the damage or accident caused.
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.
