A new Rulebook on the Method of Keeping Records and Retention Periods in the Field of Occupational Safety and Health (Official Gazette of the RS No. 5/2025) (“Rulebook”) was recently adopted. It came into effect on January 25, 2025, and will be applied starting from April 28, 2025.

The Rulebook completely replaces the previous Rulebook on Records in the Field of Occupational Safety and Health (Official Gazette of the RS No. 62/2007 and 102/2015).

The Rulebook maintained the obligation to keep all records that were prescribed under the previous rulebook.

The content of the Rulebook has been expanded to include provisions on the method of keeping and retention periods for records concerning employees exposed to biological hazards of Group 3 and 4, as well as employees exposed to carcinogens, mutagens, chemical substances, and asbestos.

Furthermore, the Rulebook introduces a record of inspections and tests of electrical and lightning protection installations, as well as mandatory records on reports regarding the implementation of occupational safety and health measures for activities under Article 48 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, including activities in construction, agriculture, forestry, and others.

All records prescribed by the Rulebook are to be kept in electronic form, except for records on employees trained for safe and healthy work and the proper use of personal protective equipment, which must be kept in written form.

The Rulebook prescribes 11 forms for record-keeping, which are to be completed and signed by the safety and health advisor at work and certified by the employer.

The retention periods for records remain the same as those in the previous rulebook, except for the retention period for records of employees exposed to carcinogens, mutagens, chemical substances, and asbestos, and records concerning the employee’s health condition and exposure, which have been extended to 40 years in accordance with the law governing health documentation and records in the healthcare sector.

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