Working Environment Act

  1. Chapter 1. Introductory provisions

  2. Chapter 2. Duties of employer and employees

  3. Chapter 2 A. Whistleblowing

  4. Chapter 3. Working environment measures

  5. Chapter 4. Requirements regarding the working environment

  6. Chapter 5. Obligation to record and notify, requirements to manufacturers, etc.

  7. Chapter 6. Safety representatives

  8. Chapter 7. Working environment committees

    (1) Within building and construction undertakings, in connection with loading and unloading of goods and otherwise when special circumstances so necessitate, the Ministry may provide in regulations that there shall be a special local working environment committee. Such committees may be assigned responsibilities, duties and rights as referred to in sections 7-1 and 7-3 in relation to all employers at the workplace.
    (2) Regulations pursuant to this section may include provisions concerning how the working environment committees shall be appointed, what responsibilities they shall have and how the costs of their activities shall be distributed.

  9. Chapter 8. Information and consultation

  10. Chapter 9. Control measures in the undertaking

  11. Chapter 10. Working hours

  12. Chapter 11. Employment of children and young persons

  13. Chapter 12. Entitlement to leave of absence

  14. Chapter 13. Protection against discrimination

  15. Chapter 14. Appointment, etc.

    (1) All employment relationships shall be subject to a written contract of employment. The employer shall draft a written contract of employment in accordance with section 14-6. An employee shall be entitled to engage the assistance of an elected employee representative or another representative both when drafting and when amending the contract of employment.
    (2) In employment relationships with a total duration of more than one month, a written contract of employment shall be entered into as early as possible and seven days following the commencement of the employment relationship at the latest.
    (3) In employment relationships of a shorter duration than one month or in connection with hiring out of labour, a written contract of employment shall be entered into immediately.

  16. Chapter 14 A. Agreements restricting competition in employment relationships

  17. Chapter 15. Termination of employment relationships

  18. Chapter 16. Rights of employees in the event of a transfer of ownership of undertakings

  19. Chapter 17. Disputes concerning working conditions

  20. Chapter 18. Regulatory supervision of the Act

  21. Chapter 19. Penal provisions

  22. Chapter 20. Final Provisions