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Original name: Arbeidsomstandighedenwet (Arbowet)
Name: Working Conditions Act
Country: Netherlands
Subject(s): Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Type of legislation: Law, Act
Adopted on: 1999-03-18
Entry into force:
Published on: Staatsblad, 1999-03-29, No. 184, pp. 1-27
ISN: NLD-1999-L-68800
Link: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=68800&p_lang=en
Bibliography: Staatsblad, 1999-03-29, No. 184, pp. 1-27
Consolidated Dutch text Consolidated Dutch text Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, Netherlands (consulted on 2004-11-30)
English translation English translation Arbowet site, Netherlands Act on PDF Act on PDF (consulted on 2004)
Legislation on-line Legislation on-line European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, https://osha.europa.eu PDF of Act as applicable at 25/3/2013 PDF of Act as applicable at 25/3/2013 (consulted on 2014-04-28)
Abstract/Citation: Contains provisions regulating maximum working time and working conditions.

Chapter I: Definitions and field of application.
Chapter II: Working conditions policy
Chapter III: Co-operation, consultation, special rights of the works council, the employee's representatives and the concerned employees and the regulation of competent support
Chapter IV: Special obligations
Chapter V: Supervision and official orders
Chapter VI: Exemptions, waivers and appeal
Chapter VII: Penalties
Chapter VIII: Transitional and final provisions
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