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Act No. 42 on the workplace certificates and supervision of workplaces.

Country/Territory
Iceland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018 (2010)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Inspection Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Arctic, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force immediately.
Abstract

The objective of the present Act is to ensure that employers on the domestic labor market and their employees comply with applicable laws, regulations and collective agreements. Supervisory representatives of the labor market's organizations are permitted to make inspection visits to the employer's workplaces in order to make sure that the employer and his employees are working in accordance with the applicable laws, regulations and collective agreements. The inspectors shall be granted access to workplaces for that purpose. Rules are laid down on follow-up supervisions, daily fines, the complaints procedures.

Full text
Icelandic
Website
www.althingi.is