If you wish to deviate from the provisions of the Hazardous Substances Ordinance, you must apply for an exemption from the competent authority.

You must obtain approval for exceptions to the ban on night work and overtime as well as the type and pace of work for pregnant or breastfeeding women.

If you're working in security restricted areas at an airport, you'll need a background check.

If you wish to employ a pregnant or breastfeeding woman between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., you must obtain permission to do so.

If you want to carry out fumigation, you need a permit, which you must apply for from the competent authority.

If you want to start working with biosubstances of protection level 3 or 4 in laboratories, laboratory animal facilities or in biotechnology for the first time, you must apply for a permit. You can find out more here.

You must identify all persons whom you employ in homework under the (HAG) and those persons through whom you pass on homework in lists and submit these lists to the competent body every six months.

If you work with materials containing asbestos, you must notify the relevant health and safety authority. This notification can be company-specific or object-specific. Notification is only mandatory for companies.

If you work with materials containing asbestos, you must notify the relevant health and safety authority. This notification can be company-specific or object-specific. Notification is only mandatory for companies.

If you take up targeted activities with biosubstances of risk group 2 for the first time, or activities with biosubstances of risk group 3 that do not require a permit, you must report this. You can find out more here.

As an entrepreneur in the mining industry, you must report certain operational incidents to the competent authority.

For larger construction projects, send an advance notice to the responsible occupational health and safety authority at least two weeks before setting up the construction site. You must also display this advance notice visibly on the construction site and adapt it in the event of significant changes.

Has something changed in your company or in your self-employed or freelance work? You must report this to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.

If an accident or malfunction or illness or death related to hazardous substances has occurred in your company, you must report this immediately.

Accidents in mining where a person is wholly or partially unfit for work for more than 3 days must be reported to the competent authority.

As an entrepreneur in the mining industry, you must report certain operational incidents involving personal injury to the competent authority.

If a work accident occurs at your company or institution, you must report it.

If you appoint responsible persons in your mining operation, you must notify the competent mining authority.

If the position of responsible persons in your mining operation changes, you must notify the competent mining authority.

If you dismiss responsible persons in your mining operation, you must notify the competent mining authority.

The employment of persons who work with third-party X-ray equipment or third-party interference sources and who may be exposed to a dose higher than 1 mSv must be reported to the competent authority.

If you, as a company, issue home work in accordance with the Home Work Act (HAG), for the performance of which special hazard protection regulations apply, you must notify the responsible trade supervisory office and the police authority (usually the public order office).