What does "psychological strain at work" mean – and what doesn't it mean?
Due to the changing world of work, psychological strain is increasingly becoming the focus of occupational health and safety and corporate hea ...
How does an evaluation with PERSENTIS Care work?
You create the care survey at login.persentis.com and distribute the survey link to your employees. Once the survey is complete, the ...
What is the psychosocial risk assessment?
Evaluation in the context of employee protection is a systematic process that identifies hazards to safety and health at work ...
Who is obligated to do this?
Every employer, starting from the very first employee. ...
What is the goal of the psychosocial risk assessment?
The goal is to assess hazards in as standardized and structured a manner as possible. The measures subsequently defined should target the root cause and col ...
What does the Occupational Health and Safety Act say about this?
Section 5 of the ASchG (Employee Protection Act) regulates workplace evaluation. This section obligates employers to identify and assess hazards and to ...
What happens if there is no risk assessment?
Companies that do not conduct a mental health risk assessment risk legal consequences. Depending on the severity of the violation ...
What are the penalties for violations?
In GERMANY, companies that fail to meet their obligation to conduct a mental health risk assessment (GB-Psych) can face substantial penalties ...
In what form and to what extent must the implementation of the psychosocial risk assessment be documented?
The documentation obligation is enshrined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act (DE § 5 and § 6 ArbSchG / AT ASchG, § 4 and § 5). Accordingly, all businesses are requ ...
When must a psychosocial risk assessment be conducted?
According to § 5 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the mental health risk assessment must be updated "whenever working conditions change" ...