FEDRIS

Fedris, the Federal agency for occupational risks, is a public institution of social security and is part of the Belgian federal administration. The agency was created on 01.01.2017 as the result of a merger between the Fund for occupational accidents and the Fund for occupational diseases. Fedris is under the supervision of the Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health... Fedris is led by a general managing committee, composed of an equal number of workers' and employers' representatives. Besides, there is also a specific managing committee for occupational accidents and another one for occupational diseases... Fedris' missions are related to occupational accidents and occupational diseases in the private sector, occupational diseases in the provincial and local administrations and, to a lesser extent, occupational accidents in the public sector.

Primary location: Brussels United States