State Institute for Work Design of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
State Institute for Work Design of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
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State level | country |
position | Establishment of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia |
Supervisory authority | Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
founding | January 1, 2012 |
Headquarters | Bochum |
Authority management | Dr. Kai Seiler |
Servants | about 110 |
Web presence | www.lia.nrw |
The State Institute for Work Design North Rhine-Westphalia (LIA.nrw) is an institution of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia . The state institute is subordinate to the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs . It is headquartered in Bochum on the NRW health campus , department 1 “Laboratory Services and Procedures” is in Düsseldorf .
tasks
The State Institute for Work Design of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (LIA.nrw) advises and supports the state government and the departments of the state occupational safety of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in questions of safety, health protection and health promotion in the working world. In addition, the institute performs safety-related tasks to protect the population.
The state institute
- supports the occupational health and safety administration in planning and evaluating national priority actions and in implementing the joint German occupational health and safety strategy .
- develops concepts for safe and healthy work and assesses and accompanies model projects for workplace health promotion in companies.
- With the KomNet advisory service, it offers companies and employees advice and support on occupational safety, work design and health promotion.
- supports the health reporting of the state and provides data, reports and analyzes by the observatory of health risks on the health situation in the working world in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- is the body responsible for medical occupational safety in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is involved in the determination of occupational diseases.
- As one of five official measuring points in North Rhine-Westphalia, for example, monitors the vicinity of nuclear facilities in the field of radiation protection precaution.
- As the country’s equipment testing body, it checks the quality and safety of equipment and products.
history
The LIA.NRW is the legal successor to the State Institute for Health and Work of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia NRW (LIGA.NRW) and was established on January 1, 2012. At the end of February 2018, the institute moved its headquarters to the NRW health campus in Bochum .
Web links
- Website of the State Institute for Work Design of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (LIA.nrw)
- KomNet
swell
- Law on the organization of state administration - state organization law 'LOG NRW' - of 10 July 1962
- Establishment of the "State Institute for Work Design" of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, RdErl. Ministry of Labor, Integration and Social Affairs of November 18, 2011
- Ordinance on the regulation of responsibilities in the field of occupational and technical hazard protection (Responsibility Ordinance on Occupational and Technical Hazard Protection - ArbtG) of November 27, 2012