There are a large number of sub-legislative acts providing detailed legislation on the health and safety conditions in different areas of employment. However, the basic framework of the requirements for both the employer and the
employee are set out in the Labor Code.

The employer:

• is obliged to ensure healthy and safe conditions of work so that any danger for the life and health of the employee to be eliminated, restricted or mitigated;
• shall organize periodic training of the employees on rules for ensuring safe and healthy conditions of work;
• endorses rules (by-laws) for ensuring safe and healthy conditions of work in the enterprise;
• organizes the instruction and training in the safe methods of work of all employees;
• provides free of charge special work clothes and personal protective means to the employees who work with or at hazardous machines, equipment, liquids, gases, melted metals, heated objects and the like;
• provides employees engaged in the production related to health-hazardous effects with free preventive meals, anti-toxins and other means neutralizing the harmful effects of the working environment.

The employee:

• receives mandatory instruction and training;
• is obliged to use special work clothes and personal protective means only in accordance with their functions, the use being confined only during working hours.

Concerning the health and safety requirements of work the employees are conferred the right of refusal to perform an assignment when a serious and immediate hazard arises for his life and health, informing without delay his immediate manager.