| Document ID (ISN) | 27140 |
| CIS number |
77-899 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0373-0425 - Journal officiel de la République française |
| Year |
1976 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Title |
Act No.76-1106 of 6 December 1976 to promote occupational accident prevention |
| Original title |
Loi n°76-1106 du 6 décembre 1976 relative au développement de la prévention des accidents du travail. [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1976, Vol.108, No.285, p.7028-7034. |
| Abstract |
The provisions of this Act cover, inter alia: employer's obligation to organise workers' safety training (particularly for new employees and those transferred to other workposts); gradual limitation of shift work and slowing down of assembly-line work and other continous processes; limitation, prohibition or control by regulations of the manufacture or assignment or use of substances, preparations, apparatus or machinery constituting a hazard to workers (penalties for non-observance); mandatory built-in safety in all premises constructed for industrial, commercial or agricultural purposes; organisation of occupational safety on work sites; powers of the labour inspectorate (authority to report cases of flagrant breach of safety regulations for immediate prosecution, without previous warning); employer's liability to be increased in case of occupational accident; rebate on social security contributions for undertakings implementing an occupational safety and health programme; improved compensation for workers injured in occupational accidents (loss of career prospects is now taken into consideration); extension of provisions of the Act to apply to the agricultural sector. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; occupational safety |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
responsibilities of employers; shift work; limitation of exposure; construction industry; agriculture; safety by design; labour inspection; law; safety training in industry; criminal liability; workmen's compensation |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Laws
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Criminal liability in OSH
|
