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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AGENCY

GERMANY
BERUFSGENOSSENSCHAFT
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AGENCY

The "Berufsgenossenschaften" are social accident insurance institutions which are organized by public-law agencies. They fall into three major groups: industrial, agricultural and maritime. Only employers are members of the Agencies.



Please note: the European industrial relations glossaries were compiled between 1991 and 2003 and are not updated. For current material see the European industrial relations dictionary.

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