European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
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According to general employee protection rules, the employer has to consult a specialised medical doctor on questions concerning health and safety, working conditions and design of work organisation. If needed, additional experts have to be consulted, for example in the case of (ASchG, §81):
The results of such evaluations have to be summarised in written safety and health protection documents, to be made accessible to the works council in order to inform staff. The employer has to offer workers the opportunity to regularly undergo a health monitoring on demand of the worker.
The recent amendment to the ASchG is now intended to create the legal basis for supporting AMED through the use of occupational medical assistants (occupational medical assistants - AFA) without compromising the quality of care.
The ASchG does not explicitly refer to cases of restructuring. However, the cases (§81) are defined in a broader sense and therefore can also be applicable for cases of restructuring (e.g. planning work places or job rotation is relevant for business expansions; the consequences of changes in work place design might be relevant in organisational restructuring).
Eurofound (2015), Austria: Health monitoring of workers affected by restructuring, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/health-monitoring-of-workers-affected-by-restructuring/austria
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