Employers in Germany must assess the hazards of work, including psychological strain. Labor inspectors check these assessments with a guideline of the National Occupational Safety Conference, dated 11 January 2018. Its checklist of hazards from psychological strain includes, under work organization, unklare Kompetenzen (i. S. von Berechtigungen, Befugnissen), Verantwortungsbereiche und Rollen. These are unclear competences, in the sense of permissions and authority, unclear areas of responsibility and unclear roles. The checklist also names fehlende oder zu eng begrenzte Zuständigkeiten, missing or too narrowly limited responsibilities.