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What it regulates
It removes domestic household work from the exclusion in the Occupational Risk Prevention Act and recognises a right to effective protection adapted to domestic work. It also reforms the provision on the State Foundation for Occupational Risk Prevention. This record covers those matters only; contributions, unemployment and termination rules are outside its scope.
Who it applies to
Article one, final provision one and the implementation and commencement context in final provisions six and seven. Specific household duties are addressed through Royal Decree 893/2024; the Foundation is addressed through current additional provision five of the Act, amended again in 2026.
Key provisions
It removes Article 3.4 of the Act, which excluded the special domestic-employment relationship. The change must be read with new additional provision 18 and its implementing rules.
Article OneAdditional provision 18 recognises effective occupational safety and health protection in domestic work, taking account of its specific characteristics and safeguards established by regulation.
Article OneProtection gives particular attention to preventing violence against women. This preventive mandate forms part of the recognised right and must not be excluded from consideration of domestic-work risks.
Article OneThe amendment to additional provision five organises the State Foundation and activities involving information, technical assistance, training and support for preventive compliance, particularly for small businesses. The current receiving provision includes 2026 changes.
Final provision firstThe Government was instructed to implement additional provision 18 by regulation within six months of publication. Subsequent substantive implementation is Royal Decree 893/2024; that historical deadline is not a new deadline for the employer.
Final provision sixthHistory and versions
Initial publication: 08/09/2022 · Initial entry into force: 09/09/2022
BOE-A-2022-14680Published on 8 September 2022; article one and final provision one take effect from 9 September 2022. Both retain their initial wording in the amending instrument. Royal Decree 893/2024 implements household protection, while Law 1/2026 subsequently amends additional provision five of the Act. The 2023 and 2024 changes to transitional provision three and final provision 7.4 remain in the data but are not treated as new wording of the preventive mandates selected here.
Initial text: removal of the exclusion, new additional provision 18 and reform of the Foundation; published 8 September 2022.
BOE-A-2022-14680Royal Decree 893/2024: preventive implementation for domestic employment. Its separate record covers its duties and effective-date rules.
BOE-A-2024-18182Law 1/2026: further amendment to additional provision five of the Act, published 9 April 2026. This is distinguished from the 2022 text retained in the amending instrument.
BOE-A-2026-7967Text versions of the selected OSH provisions
| Publication | Effective date | Official reference | Affected provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/09/2022 | 09/09/2022 | BOE-A-2022-14680 | Article One, Final provision first, Final provision sixth, Final provision seventh |
| 09/05/2023 | 10/05/2023 | BOE-A-2023-11022 | Final provision seventh |
| 22/05/2024 | 23/05/2024 | BOE-A-2024-10235 | Final provision seventh |
Transitional provisions and application notes
The selected preventive provisions entered into force on 9 September 2022. Not every measure in the decree-law started on the same date; exceptions relating to contributions or Social Security do not automatically apply to this OSH selection.
Final provision seventhThe statutory right recognised in 2022 does not remove the need to check the application and effective-date rules of Royal Decree 893/2024. A specific household employer duty requires checking those implementing and transitional provisions.
Article OneDo not use the 2022 Foundation wording as its complete current text: Law 1/2026 amended additional provision five of the Act. The date of the decree-law’s latest general amendment does not by itself identify that change in the receiving statute.
Final provision first
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
