{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-391/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1989/391",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (89/391/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-391",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Directive, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n(a) worker: any person employed by an employer, including trainees and apprentices but excluding domestic servants;\n(b) employer: any natural or legal person who has an employment relationship with the worker and has responsibility for the undertaking and/ or establishment;\n(c) workers' representative with specific responsibility for the safety and health of workers: any person elected, chosen or designated in accordance with national laws and/ or practices to represent workers where problems arise relating to the safety and health protection of workers at work;\n(d) prevention: all the steps or measures taken or planned at all stages of work in the undertaking to prevent or reduce occupational risks.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/391/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:29.320028+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}