{"id":34284,"date":"2025-07-22T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/germany-clear-progress-in-occupational-health-and-safety-at-work\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:55:54","slug":"germany-clear-progress-in-occupational-health-and-safety-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurogip.fr\/en\/germany-clear-progress-in-occupational-health-and-safety-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"GERMANY: clear progress in occupational health and safety at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of Germany’s joint occupational health and safety strategy (GDA)<\/a><\/span>, a survey was carried out to assess the development of occupational health and safety\u00a0in companies<\/strong>. Between September 2023 and April 2024, 3,817 companies and 3,824 employees were interviewed by telephone by the Institute for Applied Social Sciences (INFAS). According to the results, occupational health and safety has made major progress over the last ten years.<\/p>\n

Significant increase in company risk assessments<\/h1>\n

The survey reveals that 68% of companies declare that they carry out risk assessments, 16% more than in 2015<\/strong>. While those with 50 or more employees remain at a high level, there has been a very marked increase in the number of micro-businesses declaring that they carry out this assessment, now standing at 61%<\/strong> (compared with just 42% in 2015). What’s more, its usefulness was judged “high” in almost two-thirds of cases. In cases where it was deemed “low”, the majority of respondents felt that there were simply no significant hazards in the company (63%).<\/p>\n

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Several other noteworthy developments<\/h1>\n

Compared with 2015 data, improvements were seen in a range of other indicators:<\/p>\n