Latvia: work environment risk assessment must be reviewed at least once a year
Anmärkning om datumet: Not a shared calendar deadline: MK noteikumi Nr. 660 'Darba vides iekšējās uzraudzības veikšanas kārtība' (in force since 2007) requires the review at least once every 12 months, counted from your own company's previous risk assessment, plus immediately after a workplace/process change, an accident, or detected non-compliance (§18); the internal-uzraudzība system as a whole must also be checked at least once a year (§40). The date shown is an illustrative annual placeholder, not everyone's actual due date — calendar your own review 12 months after your last one.
Varje år i oktober, senast den 2. · Illustrative annual cadence only — the real deadline is 12 months after your own company's previous risk assessment, not this specific calendar date.
Vad som ändras
Every employer must have a written work environment risk assessment (darba vides risku novērtējums) and must review and update it at least once every 12 months, and additionally whenever work activities, processes or conditions change materially, a legal non-compliance is found, or a workplace accident occurs.
Vem som berörs
Every registered employer in Latvia with at least one employee, of any size or sector — including a one-person office with a single hired employee.
Storlekar: mikroföretag, litet företag, medelstort företag, stort företag · Branscher: Alla branscher · Gäller om: Vi har anställda
Vad du ska göra
Note the date of your most recent work environment risk assessment and calendar a review no later than 12 months after it. Redo the review immediately if you change premises, equipment or ways of working, if VDI finds a non-compliance, or after any workplace accident. Keep the assessment and its review history on file for VDI inspection.
Kommande tillfällen
Sanktion
VDI administrative enforcement under the Darba aizsardzības likums for missing or outdated risk assessments; specific fine amounts not confirmed from a source fetched this session.
Källor
- likumi.lv – Darba vides iekšējās uzraudzības veikšanas kārtība (MK noteikumi Nr. 660, §18 un §40) (likumi.lv)
Senast verifierad 8 september 2026. Endast information, inte juridisk rådgivning.