Compliance tools · Spain

Ley 31/1995, de 8 de noviembre, de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales

BOE-A-1995-24292; Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 269, 10 November 1995 · Spain · Binding instrument

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A set of 23 working files that turn Ley 31/1995, de 8 de noviembre, de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, into phases of open questions a business answers from its own records.

This instrument reaches employers of every size in Spain, including construction firms, factories, online sellers with warehouses, waste producers, laboratories, care providers and any business that directs workers on its own premises. It also reaches businesses that share a workplace with contractors, and public and private entities that must coordinate prevention duties. The toolkit organises the obligations that fall on these businesses into phases of open questions answered from the business's own records.

The working files walk through the duty of prevention and the principles that govern it, the obligation to plan and apply preventive measures, and the periodic checks that keep those measures current. They cover the means a business must provide for safety and health, the information given to workers, the cost of training, and the instructions a business must adopt when risks appear. Further files address the communication of results, the preventive documentation a business keeps, written notification duties, and the protection owed to particularly sensitive workers.

Other files organise the rules on functional mobility because of risk, equal protection, training and health surveillance, and the collaboration a business owes to external prevention services and to the labour authority. The final files cover worker representation, the guarantees held by representatives, and the safety obligations that follow. Sections are served through a connector inside Claude, and the documents that come back are dated compliance reports the business keeps in its own file.

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Which businesses does this law apply to?

It applies to employers in Spain across sectors such as construction, manufacturing, logistics, retail including online sellers, waste management, laboratories and social care. It also covers businesses that share a workplace with contractors and entities that must coordinate prevention duties. The working files organise the obligations that fall on the business, not on the worker.

What does the toolkit contain?

It contains 23 working files that organise the obligations of this instrument into phases of open questions. Each file carries the statutory text beside the duty it concerns. The business answers the questions from its own records.

How are the sections delivered?

The sections are served through a connector inside Claude. Nothing is downloaded and nothing is installed. The business works through the open questions within that environment.

What do the documents that come back look like?

The documents that come back are dated compliance reports. The business keeps them in its own file. They record the answers the business gave from its own records.

Does the toolkit tell the business what to do?

No. The toolkit never gives advice and never presents a perspective. It carries what the authority wrote, organised into phases of open questions. The business decides how to answer from its own records.

Which duties does the first group of files cover?

The first files cover worker representation, the duty of prevention and its principles, and the obligation to implant and apply preventive measures. They also cover the periodic control that keeps those measures current. Each file states the duty and the provision it rests on.

Where does the law deal with information and training for workers?

The files on information to workers and on the cost of training address those duties. A further file covers the instructions a business must adopt when risks appear. The statutory text sits beside each duty so the business can read the wording itself.

What is required on documentation and notification?

One file covers the preventive documentation a business keeps, and another covers the duty of written notification. A further file addresses the communication of results. The open questions ask the business to identify what it holds in its own records.

How does the law treat workers who are particularly sensitive to risk?

The files on protection and on functional mobility because of risk address workers who are especially sensitive. A separate file covers equal protection, and another covers training and health surveillance. The questions ask the business to set out the measures it has adopted from its own records.

What do the files say about worker representatives and safety obligations?

The later files cover the representation of workers, the guarantees held by representatives, and the safety obligations that follow. They also cover collaboration with external prevention services and with the labour authority. The business answers the open questions from its own records, and the dated compliance report records the result.

Fuente de los datos: Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Official reference: BOE-A-1995-24292; Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 269, 10 November 1995.

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