Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Slovakia
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
Slovakia does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Occupational Safety and Health Protection Act no 124/2006.
Page last updated: 20/05/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Article 6: General Obligations of the Employer
(1) In order to ensure occupational safety and health protection, the employer shall be obliged to
a) implement measures with regard to all circumstances related to work and in accordance with legal regulations and other regulations designed to ensure occupational safety and health protection,
b) improve working conditions and adapt them to his/her employees, taking into consideration the current and foreseeable changes of circumstances and the state of scientific and technological knowledge,
c) detect dangers and hazards, assess risks and draw up a written document on risk assessment in all activities performed by the employees,
d) ensure that the safety and health of the employees are not threatened by the workplace, access roads, working equipment, materials, working procedures, manufacturing procedures, arrangements of workplaces and work organisation, and provide for the necessary maintenance and repairs for this purpose,
e) ensure that the safety and health of the employees are not threatened by chemical factors, physical factors, biological factors, factors influencing the psychological workload and social factors, -
Article 7: Notification and Information of Employees
(1) The employer shall be obliged to notify regularly, understandably and provably each employee
a) of legal regulations and other regulations applying to the ensuring of occupational safety and health protection , of principles of safe work, health protection at work, safe conduct at the workplace and safe working procedures, and verify the employee’s knowledge thereof,
b) of existing and predictable dangers and hazards whose impacts may cause a health threat and the protection against them,
c) of the prohibition to enter the premises and dwell in the premises and to perform activities posing a potentially immediate threat to the life or health of an employee.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Article 5 - Obligations of Workers
Without prejudice to the provisions of article 59 of these regulations, the following shall be the general obligations of workers:
(1) Compliance - Comply with the instructions, regulations and other legally established health and safety measures and collaborate with the employer in the management of occupational risks.
(2) Participation - Participate in the preventive activities of the employing entity.
(3) Responsibility - To reasonably observe a behavior of care for their own safety and health at work, seeking to avoid that the exercise of their work activity may affect other people close to their workplace.
(4) Committee participation - Participate in the elections for the formation of the Joint Committee and in the activities it schedules. Likewise, if elected, attend meetings and fulfill the duties as members of the Committee, unless there is a justified excuse. They must also participate in the appointment of the Occupational Health and Safety Representative, when applicable, and perform their duties if elected.
(5) Training participation - Participate in the training and education programs for the prevention of occupational risks organized by the employer, the Joint Committee, the administering body of Law No. 16,744 or the competent authority.
(6) Examination participation - To submit to the medical examination(s) and evaluations established in the Internal Regulations of the employing entity, in accordance with the health surveillance programs indicated in Article 67 of these regulations, for which the worker may express, in accordance with current regulations, their free and informed consent to undergo said examination or evaluation, when these are established in the protocols of the Ministry of Health or in the programs of the administering bodies of the insurance of Law No. 16,744 and, in the absence of the above, only if the examination or evaluation is aimed at establishing that the worker meets the physical or mental conditions necessary to perform work or tasks classified as dangerous, with the sole purpose of protecting their life and health or that of other workers, and in all cases, the guarantees of privacy, confidentiality and non-discrimination must be safeguarded.
The information on this page comes from...
Occupational Safety and Health Protection Act no 124/2006
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.
