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What it regulates
Documents extraordinary workplace measures under article 7 and their labour inspection and infringement arrangements in article 31. They ceased to apply when the health crisis ended in July 2023; general OSH duties remain governed by their own rules.
Who it applies to
Historical OSH selection: article 2.3 as the temporal rule, article 7 and article 31.4–6. Other general health measures and amendments outside this scope are excluded.
Key provisions
Historical: article 7.1 required suitable ventilation, cleaning and disinfection, hand-hygiene facilities, adapted workstations and shifts, crowd prevention and measures for returning to work and teleworking where possible.
Article 7Historical: article 7.2 provided for staying away from the workplace in the symptom, isolation and quarantine cases then defined. Section 3 required contacting health services and, where relevant, prevention services when symptoms arose at work.
Article 7Historical: article 31.4–6 empowered labour inspection over specified duties in article 7.1 and classified employer non-compliance as a serious infringement under the corresponding prevention procedure.
Article 31The agreement of 4 July 2023 published by Order SND/726/2023 ended the crisis and the selected extraordinary regime with effect from publication on 5 July 2023. Article 27 was excepted from general cessation, without thereby preserving article 7.
Article 2History and versions
Initial publication: 30/03/2021 · Initial entry into force: 31/03/2021
BOE-A-2021-4908Published on 30 March 2021 and effective from 31 March 2021. RDL 5/2023 adjusted article 2.3 and the agreement published on 5 July 2023 ended the selected measures. All ten general recorded relationships are retained, while editorial history is limited to these OSH effects.
RDL 5/2023, article 206, amends article 2.3 and preserves article 27 after the crisis ends.
BOE-A-2023-15135Order SND/726/2023 publishes the agreement of 4 July 2023: the specified chapters, including articles 7 and 31, cease to apply from 5 July 2023; article 27 is excepted.
BOE-A-2023-15552Text versions of the selected OSH provisions
| Publication | Effective date | Official reference | Affected provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/03/2021 | 31/03/2021 | BOE-A-2021-4908 | Article 2, Article 7, Article 31 |
| 29/06/2023 | 30/06/2023 | BOE-A-2023-15135 | Article 2 |
| 05/07/2023 | 05/07/2023 | BOE-A-2023-15552 | Article 2, Article 7, Article 31 |
Transitional provisions and application notes
Do not present former distancing, attendance restrictions or general mask measures under this law as current duties. The consultation date and absence of total repeal do not reactivate provisions that have ceased to apply.
Article 2Cessation of these measures does not repeal the LPRL, biological-risk assessment or other current rules applicable to the job. This sheet reconstructs the extraordinary measure without concluding that all protective duties disappeared.
Article 7For historical events, check the date, territorial scope, applicable wording and relevant sanction rules. The continued visibility of article 31 does not establish that all its sanction provisions currently apply.
Article 31
Official BOE legal relationships
This record covers the history of the selected occupational safety and health provisions. The official analysis also provides the relationships affecting other subjects in the legislation.
Official BOE legal relationships
