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The possibility of agreeing to exceptions from the duty to have a safety representative will be limited to businesses with fewer than five employees, and the safety representative will be given expanded responsibilities. In this article, we will present the new changes so that your business can make the necessary adjustments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Safety representative arrangements are a crucial part of companies’ efforts to ensure the safety, health, and welfare of employees. Chapter 6 of the Working Environment Act contains a duty to appoint safety representatives, and currently, exceptions to this duty are only permitted in busi-nesses with fewer than ten employees. From January 1, 2024, the scope of the safety representa-tive arrangement will be expanded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":15449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nChanges to the Safety Representative Regulations in the Working Environment Act - Hjort<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hjort.no\/en\/changes-to-the-safety-representative-regulations-in-the-working-environment-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Changes to the Safety Representative Regulations in the Working Environment Act - Hjort\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Safety representative arrangements are a crucial part of companies' efforts to ensure the safety, health, and welfare of employees. 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