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Ordinance to supplement the implementation of the EU Maternity Protection Guideline.

Main Region

First Region

Germany
Maternity protection
1997-04-15
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

Requires employers to evaluate the risk to pregnant or nursing workers of tasks involving toxic substances, physical dangers, or biological substances. If the work poses a risk to the worker or the foetus, the employer is required to change the nature of the employee's work. Also lists types of work which shall be outrightly forbidden for pregnant or nursing women to perform, including tasks involving lead, mercury, or high atmospheric pressure.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1997-04-16
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Repealing Text region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I
    Date
    1997-04-18
    Number
    No. 23
    Page range
    pp. 782-785