Section 4-3. Requirements regarding the psychosocial working environment

(1) The work shall be arranged to preserve the employees' integrity and dignity.

(2) Efforts shall be made to arrange the work to enable contact and communication with other employees of the undertaking.

(3) The employee shall not be subjected to harassment, including sexual harassment, or other misconduct. Harassment means acts, omissions or statements that have the purpose or effect of being offensive, frightening, hostile, degrading or humiliating. Sexual harassment means any form of unwanted sexual attention that has the purpose or effect of being offensive, frightening, hostile, degrading, humiliating or troublesome.

(4) Employees shall, as far as possible, be protected against violence, threats and undesirable strain as a result of contact with other persons.

(5) The Ministry may by regulation issue further provisions concerning the implementation of the requirements of this section.