Occupational health and safety for managers

Who is liable as a manager?

• Managing directors, authorized signatories, plant managers and persons who have been assigned entrepreneurial responsibility.

Basics of occupational health and safety law

• Objectives of occupational health and safety - what is it all about?
• Important basics in occupational health and safety. 
• Current developments in occupational health and safety - new ordinances, new regulations and important case law. 

Responsibility in occupational health and safety

• Company forms and effects on responsibility.
• Which persons are responsible in addition to the employer?
• Will I be rid of my responsibility if I delegate the tasks?

Specific tasks and duties of the employer

• Risk assessment - one of the most important building blocks in occupational health and safety. 
• Occupational physicians and occupational safety specialists - the role of specialists in occupational health and safety 
• Adhering to working time limits - order pressure and health protection as opposites?

Control and liability of managers

• Who comes and inspects - and why? Understanding the role of the employers' liability insurance association and the trade supervisory authority in implementing occupational health and safety.
• Liability under labor law - who can sue me for what? What role does the works council have here?
• Liability under social law - when the employers' liability insurance association demands recourse.
• Administrative liability - what can the trade supervisory office tell me?
• Fines and criminal proceedings - what is the threat?