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Book 1 · Commercial entities  ›  Division 6 · Commercial employees and commercial apprentices › Section 62

Section 62

(1) The principal is obliged to furnish and maintain the business premises and the specific devices and equipment used in the business operation, as well as to arrange the business operation and working hours, in such a way that the commercial employee is protected against any risk to their health, to the extent that the nature of the operation permits, and that the maintenance of public policy and decency is ensured.

(2) Where the commercial employee has been taken into the household, the principal is to make such provisions and arrangements, with regard to living and sleeping space, the provision of food, and work and leisure time, as are necessary having regard to the health, morality and religion of the commercial employee.

(3) If the principal fails to fulfil the duties incumbent upon them with regard to the life and health of the commercial employee, the tort provisions of sections 842 to 846 of the Civil Code apply accordingly to the principal’s liability for damages.

(4) The duties incumbent upon the principal hereunder may not be cancelled or restricted in advance by contract.

Section 63 (repealed)

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