(hereinafter referred to as ZNR/ZOP) is a question that we are very happy to answer. Primarily because it is a frequent reason for moving the needs for a larger and better quality space, which means that the business entity is developing and growing.

Moving to other spaces – What does it take from an occupational safety law/ fire protection law? Do you have to do everything again?

Is everything from ZNR/ZOP worth it to you if you change space? No.

Do you have to do everything again? No.

The truth is somewhere in between because part of the ZNR/ZOP obligations is related to employees, and part to the premises. By changing the space, you should think about those ZNR/ZOP items that concern the business premises itself, and this would be as follows:

1. Updating the risk assessment – in each quality risk assessment, business premises and working conditions in them must be processed, as well as the allocation of employees to a particular premises. For this reason, the assessment must be updated – a space that is no longer current is moved from it and a new business premises is processed.
2. Electrical installation testing – the new space has its own electrical installations that should be examined.
3. Testing the working environment – as with electricity, the working environment is exclusively related to the space in which the work is carried out.
4. Creating an evacuation plan – if you are not moving to the copy-paste space (and most often do not move) a new evacuation plan is being made for the new space.
5. Other – here are the items that the new space may or may not have, if there are any they should be examined; tightness of gas installations, all devices related to fire (buttons, panic lighting, hydrants, sprinklers, fire alarms, etc.)
6. Fire extinguishers and first aid cabinet are of course transferred from the old space to the new one.

Some of the above things are sometimes examined at the level of the entire structure. E.g. your new office space is an office at 7. floor of an office building – there is a high probability that the owner of the building examines electrical installations, gas and fire fighting devices at the level of the entire building. In this case, you do not have to do tests, but ask the owner of the building for copies of the test logs.

The only thing that is always your obligation and that the owner of the premises can never do for you is updating the risk assessment and testing the working environment. And an evacuation plan that by the letter of the law every company should have in its business premises, regardless of whether there is an evacuation plan on the entire floor. Because there you go. Reasons.

We move to other spaces – what I need from the law on safety at work

In any case, I congratulate you on your relocation and contact us if you need to clarify the read text further.