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Name: Working Environment Act of 8 November 1980.
Country: Netherlands
Subject(s): Conditions of work; Occupational safety and health
Type of legislation: Law, Act
Adopted on: 1980-11-08
Entry into force:
Published on: Staatsblad, 1980, No. 664
ISN: NLD-1980-L-11845
Link: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=11845&p_lang=en
Bibliography: Staatsblad, 1980, No. 664
Abstract/Citation: An Act to make provisions in the interests of safety, health and welfare at work.
Repealing text(s):
  • 1990-02-27 (NLD-1990-L-44450)Working Environment Act of 8 November 1980, as amended to 27 February 1990.
Amending text(s):
  • 1994-02-14 (NLD-1994-L-44478)Act of 14 February 1994 to amend the Working Environment Act of 1980 with respect to work at home.
  • 1993-12-22 (NLD-1993-L-43985)Act of 22 December 1993 to amend the Working Environment Act of 1980 and some other Acts, in connection with the implementation of the Directive of the Council of the European Communities of 12 June 1989 concerning the implementation of measures to promote the improvement of occupational safety and health of the employees, and in connection with some related matters.
  • 1993-12-22 (NLD-1993-L-44472)Act of 22 December 1993 to amend the Working Environment Act of 1980, the Nuclear Energy Act of 1963, the Act on Hazardous Substances in the Environment and the Employment of Handicapped Workers Act of 1986 with respect to the abrogation of the Council on work environment.
  • 1981-05-14 (NLD-1981-L-10864)An Act to amend the Safety Act 1934 [No. 352:LS 1934 - Neth.2...1959 - Neth.2] and the Working Environment Act [No. 664 of 1980:LS 1980-Neth.4].
Implementing text(s):
  • 1997-06-20 (NLD-1997-R-47624)Decree of 20 June 1997 establishing the entry into force of the Work Environment/Circumstances Decree in connection with the guidelines from the Council of the European Communities.
  • 1994-10-03 (NLD-1994-R-40569)Decree of 3 October 1994 laying down rules for the protection of safety and health of workers performing work under effective pressure (Decree Labour under effective pressure).
  • 1994-02-22 (NLD-1994-R-44479)Decree of 22 February 1994 to amend the Working Environment Decree relating to Education of 1991, in connection with the introduction of the second and third phase of the Working Environment Act of 1980 in educational establishments, and with other relevant matters.
  • 1993-12-28 (NLD-1993-R-44462)Decree of 28 December 1993 to lay down an Order in Council as meant in Sections 20 and 31a, subsections 1 and 5, of the Working Environment Act of 1980.
  • 1993-12-28 (NLD-1993-R-44463)Decree of 28 December 1993 to lay down an Order in Council as meant in Section 23a, subsection 2, of the Working Environment Act of 1980.
  • 1992-02-04 (NLD-1992-R-29634)Decree of 4 February 1992 to lay down detailed rules as defined in art. 25.8 of the Working Environment Act. (Stb. 1992, 90)
  • 1989-08-30 (NLD-1989-L-8511)Decree to amend the Safety Decree for Factories or Workplaces of 1938, as determined by the Working Environment Act.
  • 1985-03-28 (NLD-1985-R-1311)Working Environment (Public Service) Decree.
Related text(s):
  • 1988-06-30 (NLD-1988-L-7797)Decree to amend the Decree rendering compulsory the Safety report in accordance with the Safety Act of 1934 and the Decree rendering compulsory the occupational safety report in accordance with the working Environment Act of 1980[LS 1980-Neth.4].

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