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DEU-1997-R-46610
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Ordinance to supplement the implementation of the EU Maternity Protection Guideline.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Germany
Subjects (Classification)
Maternity protection
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997-04-15
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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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Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1992-10-19 (EEU-1992-DI-31632)
Directive 92/85/CEE du Conseil, du 19 octobre 1992, concernant la mise en oeuvre de mesures visant à promouvoir l'amélioration de la sécurité et de la santé des travailleuses enceintes, accouchées ou allaitantes au travail (dixième directive particulière au sens de l'article 16 paragraphe 1 de la directive 89/391/CEE).
Basic text(s)
1996-08-07 (DEU-1996-L-44880)
Labour Protection Act (ArbSchG)(BGBl. IS. 1246).
Basic text(s)
1997-01-17 (DEU-1997-L-45828)
Consolidation of the Federal Act on Maternity Protection.
Basic text(s)
1997-01-17 (DEU-1997-L-45828)
Consolidation of the Federal Act on Maternity Protection.
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2017-05-23 (DEU-2017-L-106041)
Act on protection of mothers at work, education and studies (Maternity Protection Act).
Serial region
Serial title
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I
Date
1997-04-18
Number
No. 23
Page range
pp. 782-785