# Workplace safety
Protecting employees and minimising dangers: Do you need information about special regulations concerning working hours? Does your business work with hazardous substances or facilities? From special permissions to health certification, here you will find an overview of administrative information and services concerning occupational safety and health.
To ServicesIf you want to hire out employees to a third party, you generally need a permit to do so.
If you, as a foreign employer, wish to send foreign workers to Germany under government agreements for the performance of contracts for work and services, the Federal Employment Agency must first give its approval.
If you need to prove whether or not you have a criminal record, you can apply for the simple certificate of good conduct, the extended certificate of good conduct or the certificate of good conduct for submission to a public authority.