# New rules on work incapacity take effect 1 January 2026

- Published: 2026-01-08
- Topic: Employment Law
- Source: Lex4you by Securex

Work incapacity: new rules coming into effect from 1 January 2026


The following words are part of a lexicon and must be translated as they are:
RWH (reduction of working hours)
deviation (from the rule)
labour
Industrial and organisational psychology
working hours
reduction of working hours (RWH)
occupational physician
work atmosphere
labour / job market
work equipment
labour conditions
industrial accident
industrial accidents
labour contract
labour law
Labour court
labour regulation
labour regulation
working hours
work permit
argument / dispute
permanent (work incapacity)
collective extrajudicial industrial accidents insurance
Committee for Prevention and Protection at the Workplace (CPPW)
CPPW (Committee for Prevention and Protection at the Workplace)
part-time work / employment
FIA (Fund for Industrial Accidents)
Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue (FPS ELSD)
FPS ELSD (Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue)
Fund for Industrial Accidents (FIA)
resume (work)
resumption (of work)
January
ok / okay
employment term
teleworking / work at home
Monitoring of well-being at the workplace
time schedule
Our mission: your success
industrial insurance fund
labour
workday / weekday
labour charge
commuter traffic
moonlighting
workplace equipment
codex on wellbeing at work
committee for Prevention and Protection at Work (CPPW)
work equipment
return to work examination
labour hygienics
Work incapacity
occupational nurse
workplace
workplace
work regulations
security at work
screen work

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