• Topic of the issue: How to protect employees against Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis
    Ticks can be carriers of bacteria and viruses that cause very serious diseases. Therefore, it is very important that the employer knows how to protect employees who work in places where ticks are present, and the employee how to protect them.
  • Applications of the National Labor Inspectorate on accidents at construction sites
    The State Labor Inspectorate in 2018 conducted over 7,000 inspection of construction sites. In 90% of cases, labor inspectors had to reach for an administrative decision to settle irregularities related to work safety. This means that only 10% of Polish construction jobs are organized safely. Meet the most frequently identified irregularities contributing to accidents on Polish construction sites.
  • Health and safety training after changes in the regulation on health and safety training?
    We are soon about to change the regulation on OSH training. One of them refers to the concept of an organizational unit that conducts training activities in the field of health and safety in the form of a natural person. Therefore, among readers, the following question arose: if you have an entry in a business activity: PKD 85.59.B - Other out-of-school forms of education, after the changes, you can continue to organize OSH training as a natural person?
  • Favorable changes for employers regarding preventive meals
    The Ministry of Labor is preparing a draft regulation amending provisions on preventive meals and drinks. The changes are designed to make it easier for employers to fulfill their obligation to provide preventive meals for employees. These changes will be particularly beneficial for employers whose employees perform field tasks. Get to know the plans of the Ministry of Labor in the field of updating the provisions on meals and drinks to current realities.
  • Reasons for changes in the patterns of health and safety documents
    We already know that soon there will be changes in some of the documentary formulas from the end of health and safety. Information on the subject of changes in some models of health and safety documents has caused a stir among people dealing with occupational safety, because for many years basic patterns of health and safety documents (accident protocol, documents on health and safety training) have not been changed. What are the reasons for the changes? What are they based on?
  • Referral to medical examinations of employees will change
    The provisions of the Labor Code regarding medical examinations of employees will soon change. It is about the documentation in the field of medical examinations and presenting the current medical certificate to the new employer stating that there are no contraindications to work in the conditions described in the referral for medical examinations. Check what the upcoming legislative changes mean in practice?
  • How a company union organization can apply for research
    In the case of a justified suspicion that a workplace or an employer-designated place is life or health threatening, the company's union organization may apply to the employer for appropriate research. It should be remembered that the above-mentioned right is also vested in company trade union organizations associating only and exclusively persons employed on the basis of flexible forms of employment. It is the employer's obligation to ensure safe working conditions, regardless of whether he employs only employees or persons based on civil law contracts.
  • If you run a business, you can claim compensation for an accident at work
    The owner of the building or flat is obliged to adequately secure the openings, manholes and entrances to basements and other such rooms, the lack of these safeguards and even informing people in the building or apartment about the danger causes liability for damages if an accident occurs; It does not matter here that the victim works in the renovation and construction industry - the Court of Appeal in Warsaw ruled.
  • Accident at work and procedural responsibility for breach of OSH regulations
    Accidents at work are events that occur in various circumstances. Some are caused by force majeure, others result from the employer's lack of proper working conditions, and still others are a consequence of employees violating the principles of safe work. In the last case, a post-accident procedure may coincide with the proceedings on the imposition of a fine.
  • How to organize the replacement of an OSH service employee during his long absence
    The OSH service consists of specialized organizational units in which persons are employed on the basis of an employment relationship. The composition of such cells is determined by the employer, guided by the restrictions resulting from the provisions of the regulation on the health and safety service. The problem may be a longer absence of an OSH service employee. Is it then necessary to organize a replacement and in what form?
  • How to properly mark the emergency stop button?
    Question: According to the PN-EN ISO 13850 standard, under the "STOP - Failure" button, place an empty yellow background without descriptions. What should be done in the case of an emergency stop in a forklift. It has a yellow part, however, at the bottom of the button. However, there is a lack of a yellow background. None of the manufacturers cooperating with us use the additional designation of this button. Should we, therefore, equip our emergency switches with a yellow background?

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