Notifiable Laws for Employees

Below, we provide access to all laws that must be posted. By clicking on the link, you can read about the rights and obligations that you and your superiors have regarding occupational safety and special protection in educational institutions.

* = Texts available in German only

General Act on Equal Treatment (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz – AGG)

German Labour Court Law (Arbeitsgerichtsgesetz – ArbGG)*

Ordinance on Preventive Occupational Health Care (Arbeitsmedizinische Vorsorge – ArbMedVV)

Act on the Implementation of Measures of Occupational Safety and Health to Encourage Improvements in the Safety and Health Protection of Workers at Work (Arbeitsschutzgesetz – ArbSchG)

Act on Occupational Physicians, Safety Engineers and Other Occupational Safety Specialists (Arbeitssicherheitsgesetz – ASiG)

Ordinance on Workplaces (Arbeitsstättenverordnung, ArbStättV)

Working Time Act (Arbeitszeitgesetz – ArbZG)*

German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, BGB)

Federal Parental Allowance and Parental Leave Act (Bundeselterngeld- und Elternzeitgesetz – BEEG)*

Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG)

Federal Paid Leave Act (Bundesurlaubsgesetz – BUrlG)*

Continued Remuneration Act (Entgeltfortzahlungsgesetz – EntgFG)*

Trade Regulation Act (Gewerbeordnung – GewO)*

Home Work Act (Heimarbeitsgesetz – HAG)*

Act for the Better Protection of Whistleblowers (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz – HinSchG)

Youth Employment Protection Act (Jugendarbeitsschutzgesetz – JArbSchG)*

EU AI-Act

Law on the Protection against Unfair Dismissal (Kündigungsschutzgesetz – KSchG)*

Ordinance on Health and Safety Requirements for the Manual Handling of Loads at Work (Lastenhandhabungsverordnung – LasthandhabV)

Act Regulating a General Minimum Wage (Mindestlohngesetz – MiLoG)

Act on the Protection of Mothers at Work, in Training and at University (Maternity Protection Act – MuSchG)

Act on Proof of the Existence of an Employment Relationship / German Evidence Act (Nachweisgesetz – NachwG)*

Ordinance on the Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PSA-Benutzungsverordnung – PSA-BV)*

Part-time and Fixed-term Employment Act (Gesetz über Teilzeitarbeit und befristete Arbeitsverträge – TzBfG)*

Accident prevention regulation (Unfallverhütungsvorschrift – DGUV 1)*