Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Russia
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
Chile does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Labour Code of the Russian Federation No. 197-FZ of December 30, 2001.
Page last updated: 18/05/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Chapter 34, Article 212: An Employer's Obligations to Ensure Safe Conditions and Labour Protection
An employer shall be charged with obligations to ensure safe conditions and labour protection. An employer shall be obligated to ensure:
- the safety of employees during the operation of buildings, structures, and equipment, the performance of production processes, as well as use of implements, raw material, and materials used in production;
- the use of certified means of individual and collective protection of employees; labour conditions corresponding to the labour protection requirements at each place of work;
- employees' labour and rest regime in accordance with the labour legislation and other normative legal acts containing norms of labour law;
- the acquisition and issuance at its own expense of certified special clothing, special footwear, other means of individual protection, and rinsing and decontamination equipment in accordance with established norms for employees employed in work with harmful and (or) dangerous labour conditions, as well as in work performed in special temperature conditions or involving pollution;
- training in safe working methods and techniques, in the provision of first aid to victims of industrial accidents, instructing personnel on labour protection, probation and examining the knowledge of labour protection requirements;
- non-admittance to work of persons who have not duly undergone training and instruction in labour protection, on-the-job training, and verification of knowledge of the labour protection requirements; etc. -
Chapter 34, Article 225: Instruction and Professional Training in the Area of Workplace Safety
All employees, including the heads of originations, and also employers being individual entrepreneurs shall undergo training in labour protection and an examination of their knowledge of labour protection requirements in the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation with account taken of the opinion of the Russian Trilateral Commission for Regulating Social-Labour Relations.
The employer or person authorized by him shall be required to conduct workplace safety training for new workers and those being transfe rred to new jobs, and to arrange training in safe methods and techniques for performing their work and rendering first aid to injured persons.
The employer shall provide training for persons hired to positions involving harmful and/or dangerous work conditions and instruct them in safe methods and techniques for performing their work, including an on-the-job training period, examinations, periodic training in workplace safety, and testing of their knowledge of workplace safety requirements throughout their period of employment.
The state shall assist in arranging workplace safety instruction in educational institutions of general elementary, general basic, and general secondary (complete) education, as well as elementary vocational, secondary vocational, higher vocational, and post-collegiate vocational education. The state shall provide vocational training of specialists in workplace safety in educational institutions of secondary vocational and higher vocational education.
The Duties of
The Employer
🏠 for Remote Work
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Chapter 49, Article 310: Homeworkers
Homeworkers shall be considered to be persons who enter into labour contracts to perform work at home, using materials, tools, and mechanisms issued by the employer or acquired by the homeworker at his own expense. A homeworker may carry out work stipulated by a labour contract with the participation of members of his/her family. In this case no labour relations emerge between the members of the homeworker and the employer.
In the event a homeworker uses his own tools and mechanisms, he shall be compensated for wear and tear thereof. Payment of such compensation, as well as reimbursement of other expenses associated with the performance of work at home, shall be made by the employer following the procedures defined in a labour contract.
Procedures and timeframes for supplying homeworkers with raw materials, other materials, and semifinished products, making settlement for product output, and reimbursing the cost of materials belonging to homeworkers, and procedures and timeframes for transporting finished product from homeworkers' locations shall be defined in labour contracts.
The force of labour legislation and other acts containing norms of labour law, along with the particularities established in this Code shall extend to homeworkers.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Chapter 34, Article 214: An Employee's Obligations in the Field of Labour Protection
An employee shall be obligated: -to observe labour protection requirements;
- to properly use means of individual and collective protection;
- to undergo training in safe methods and measures for the performance of work and the provision of first aid to the employees at the workplace, instruction in labour protection, on-the-job training, and verification of knowledge of the labour protection requirements;
- to immediately notify his immediate or higher supervisor of any situation threatening human life and health, of each accident that occurs in the work place or of a deterioration of the state of his health, including the manifestation of symptoms of an acute occupational illness (poisoning);
- to undergo mandatory preliminary (when beginning work) and periodic (during labour activity) medical examinations (tests), and also undergo unscheduled medical examinations (checkups) on the instructions of the employer in the cases mentioned in the present Code and other federal laws.
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.
