Occupational safety and health country profile: the Czech Republic

International labour standards

  1. NORMLEX

    Ratification of ILO conventions

    Database on international labour standards

    Provides access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards on OSH (such as ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of the ILO's supervisory bodies, etc.).

Policies and programmes

  1. 2008

    National policy

    A set of system measures in order to improve the OSH situation. Expresses top executive state bodies' will to ensure decent conditions to maintain labour force maximum work capacity.

  2. 2008-2009

    National programme

    Elaborates on details of plans set forth in the policy and meets its priority goals. Contains tasks directed towards fulfilling the EU's  'Community Strategy on Safety and Health at Work'.

Laws and regulations

  1. NATLEX

    National legislation

    National labour legislation database

    Includes abstracts of OSH legislation and citation information. Full text of laws or a relevant source is linked to the records, when available.

Authorities and bodies

  1. Responsible authorities

Statistics

  1. ILOSTAT

    Occupational injuries

    Database of labour statistics

    Contains annual data collected mainly through the ILO yearly questionnaire. It covers a wide range of topics including occupational injuries.

Information and advisory services

  1. ILO-CIS centre

    Workplace Safety and Health