Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Montenegro
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
Montengro does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Law on Safety and Health at Work.
Page last updated: 20/05/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 5: Upbringing and education
Upbringing and education in the field of health and safety is an integral part of general and professional training in all types and levels of education of employees. Employer shall promote the Safety and health at work. -
Article 14: Providing safety and health at work measures
The employer shall take safety and health at work measures by preventing, controlling and eliminating risks at work, informing and training employees in safe and healthy work (hereinafter referred to as: training of employees), as well as by providing the necessary organization and means. -
Article 15: Implementation of safety and health at work measures
The employer shall implement the safety and health at work measures by respecting the following prevention principles:
- Avoiding risk;
- Evaluating the risk;
- Eliminating the risk at source;
- Adapting the work and workplace to an employee, especially in terms of design of the workplaces, the choice of work equipment, the choice of working and production methods with a particular emphasis on the alleviation of monotonous work and work at a predetermined work-rate and to reducing their effect on health;
- Adapting to technical progress;
- Replacing the dangerous by the non- dangerous or less dangerous circumstances;
- Developing a comprehensive policy for the safety and health at work, which includes technology, organization of work, working conditions, interpersonal relations, and working environment factors;
- Giving advantage to collective safety and health at work measures over individual safety measures;
- Giving appropriate instructions and information to employees. -
Article 17: Risk assessment
The employer shall approve and possess a risk assessment act, assess risk for all workplaces, determine the methods and measures to eliminate risk and ensure their implementation.
Risk assessment act is an act containing a description of the work process with the assessment of the risk of injuries at work, occupational diseases and work-related illnesses and which establishes occupational health and safety measures in order to improve health and safety at work. Through the risk assessment act the employer shall determine workplaces at increased risk, i.e. with special work conditions, the health requirements for specific work to be met by an employee in the work process, or the use of certain work equipment based on the expert assessment of the authorized institution for health protection of employees.
The act referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall stipulate:
- Identification i.e. detection of danger;
- Jobs exposed to the identified danger;
- The probability of injury, occupational or work-related disease;
- Whether the risk is acceptable;
- The introduction of measures to reduce unacceptable risks.
The employer is required to amend the risk assessment act in the event:
- of appearance of any new risk and changes in the level of risk in the work process;
- the existing safety and health at work measures are not sufficient or are inappropriate;
- of adaptation, reconstruction, disaster, overhaul; - of serious, collective and fatal injuries at work;
- the risk assessment is based on data that do not correspond to the actual situation;
- when result of monitoring the employee's health indicate that it is necessary.
The employer shall inform employees about the risk assessment act and make it available for them. -
Article 23: Information of employees and their participation in matters relating to the safety and health at work
The employer is obliged to inform employees or employees’ representative for safety and health at work in writing about:
- Risks related to the safety and health at work, prevention, safety and health at work measures, and activities in relation to each type of workstation and/or job.
The Duties of
The Employer
🏠 for Remote Work
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Article 152 quater J. - Right to Disconnect
In the case of remote workers who freely manage their own schedules or teleworkers exempt from working hour limitations, the employer must respect their right to disconnect, guaranteeing a period during which they are not obligated to respond to communications, orders, or other requests. This disconnection period must be at least twelve continuous hours within a twenty-four-hour period. Likewise, under no circumstances may the employer establish communications or issue orders or other requests on the workers' days off, leave, or annual holidays. -
Article 152 quater L. - Equipment Provision
The equipment, tools, and materials for remote work or telework, including personal protective equipment, must be provided by the employer to the employee, and the latter may not be compelled to use their own equipment. Likewise, the costs of operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment will always be borne by the employer. -
Article 152 quater N. - Information
In accordance with the duty of protection that the employer has, he must always inform the remote worker or teleworker in writing about the risks involved in his work, the preventive measures and the correct means of work according to each particular case, in accordance with current regulations.
Additionally, prior to the start of remote work or teleworking, the employer must provide training to the employee on the main health and safety measures they must observe while performing these tasks. This training may be conducted directly by the employer or through the administering agency of the insurance under Law No. 16,744, as deemed appropriate.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Article 32: The rights and obligations of employees
The employee has the right and obligation to get acquainted with the safety and health at work measures prior to commencing his work at the workstation to which he was assigned, and be trained in their implementation.
The employee has the right and obligation to give suggestions, comments and information on issues of safety and health at work to his employer.
The employee has the right and obligation to perform health checks appropriate for the risk to safety and health in the workstation, to which instructed by an employer, in accordance with regulations on safety and health at work and regulations in the field of health care. -
Article 35: Employees’ obligations
The employee is required in line with his capabilities and the instructions received from the employer: - to apply safety and health at work measures while working, take care of his and safety and health at work of other employees who are affected by his work or actions while on duty, use work equipment in purposeful manner, as well as dangerous materials, personal safety equipment and security devices, cooperate and consult with the employer and the qualified person in order to implement stipulated safety and health at work measures at jobs he does; -
Article 37: Responsibilities of employees
The employee is subject to responsibility in the event of non-compliance with prescribed safety and health at work measures and default on his obligations stipulated by laws and regulations of the employer.
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.
