Bezpieczeństwo Pracy - nauka i praktyka (Work Safety) 2021/07

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• Fewer work accidents during a pandemic (cover page 2)
• Local reports (2)
• Systemic solutions necessary to ensure the well-being of employees (3)
  According to the experts of the Association of Business Service Leaders, introducing systemic actions aimed at increasing the level of employee health protection and supporting their well-being in every aspect is a necessary activity on the labor market, which has changed a lot due to on the COVID-19 pandemic. As emphasized by experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the pandemic has caused many changes in the work system, which may strengthen the tendency to extend working hours. The latest data published by the WHO show that the number of hours worked recently increased by an average of 10%, which poses a significant health risk to workers.
• Electromagnetic field emitted by radiocommunication systems - changes in Warsaw in the 21st century (5)
  The widespread use of radiocommunication systems contributes to the exposure of people to the electromagnetic field emitted by these systems. Due to the large number of users in the metropolitan environment, there is the highest concentration of radio communication antennas and the electromagnetic field with the most complex frequency spectrum. The article presents the results of the identification and assessment of exposure to electromagnetic field emitted by radio communication systems. On the basis of own research, the nearly twenty-year-long evolution of the parameters of the exhibition in the center of Warsaw was characterized. They indicate that until 2020 in public buildings and in the open space of the city, employees were not exposed to electromagnetic fields in Warsaw at a level requiring periodic control in accordance with the requirements of labor law. The study did not include the assessment of the parameters of local exposure to a stronger electromagnetic field directly at the transmitter antennas, most often located on the roofs of buildings or free-standing supporting structures.
• Possibilities of employment of people with intellectual disabilities - opinions of employers (10)
  The aim of the article is to present the views of employers about the employment of people with intellectual disabilities . The possibility of taking up a job is a chance for personality development and reducing social isolation of these people, however, from the point of view of the employees of poviat labor offices, the chances of such activity are small. The main reason for this is the low level of education, as the vast majority of people with intellectual disabilities have only basic education, and only a small part - special vocational education. Despite the fact that people have a positive view of the professional activity of this group, they are not willing to employ it in their own enterprises. The questionnaire research conducted at CIOP-PIB in 2020 was aimed at showing what opinion prevails among employers about people with intellectual disabilities as employees and about their employment. The article contains the results of this research.

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Przegląd Pożarniczy (Fire Review) 2021/03

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• Subject of the issue: The female face of the guard
  • Heels in the fire brigade (10)
    Behind the uniform miss ... But wait - it's not like that! For most people, a firefighter is a strictly male profession. Strength is needed here, sweat is pouring, the psyche must be as hard as steel. And yet the fire department attracts women, and those who prefer to wear uniforms.
  • Diversity is development (14)
    On the cooperation of women and men in teams with a predominance of one gender, enriching the functioning of the group, the value of looking at colleagues through the prism of individual features, not gender stereotypes - an interview with Aleksandra Cisłak -Wójcik.
  • About us without us (16)
    The fearless helped, spreading knowledge about fire protection, saving people with dedication. They did not always hear "thank you", nor could they always count on respect. What was the path of women to the fire brigade?
  • Juliet Crew - the pearl of Africa (18)
• Rescue
  • Drama in a styrodur factory (22)
  • Secrets of the power of fire (24)
    Why is the rate of heat release in fact the most important variable characterizing the degree of flammability of products and the resulting fire hazard? Although toxic gases are responsible for the most deaths in fires, fire research scientists identified the power of the fire as the best indicator of fire hazard.

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Przegląd Pożarniczy (Fire Review) 2021/02

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• In the heat of questions
  • Vaccinate? Yes! (6)
    In a time of progressing pandemic, when everyone - employees, children and entrepreneurs - wants to return to normal as soon as possible, it is time to make an important decision. To be for or against? We will try to dispel doubts thanks to an interview with Ms Justyna Kowalska from the Department of Infectious Diseases for Adults at the Medical University of Warsaw.
• Subject of the issue: Clean air - our common cause
  • The threat is in the air (14)
    Smog, i.e. a mixture of air, smoke and exhaust gases, rises to the rank of one of the most serious enemies of human health , imperceptibly taking the lives of millions of people around the world every year. How air pollutants poison our organisms, where they come from and how to deal with them - an interview with Piotr Dąbrowiecki.
  • As the world struggles with smog (16)
    17 December 2020 year. The Court of Justice of the EU ruled that the Volkswagen erred in law by installing the 11 million cars a device that was supposed to prolong the life of the engine and under the "side effect" significantly reduced the measurement of the concentration of nitrogen oxides during the tests.
  • Anti-smog drug for municipalities (19)
    The problem seen from a distance always seems smaller than when it is right in front of our nose. Especially when it comes to the problem we breathe every day. According to the latest European Environment Agency report on air quality, inhaled pollutants cause over 400,000 premature deaths a year in Europe.
  • Fire engine ecology (22)
    Caring for the natural environment is a hot topic today. Waste segregation, the use of photovoltaic screens or building insulation are just one of the few activities that firefighters are increasingly willing to implement in their units.
  • Smoke here and there (24)
  • The blue fuel of the future (26)
    Alternative fuels have been a topic that has been raised in the media for years. Bioethanol oil, canola oil, or water- Rydzyk year already immediately, immediately had to solve crises related to fuel oil fumes and contamination of the environment or leaks from oil tankers. Currently, blue or - if you prefer - blue ammonia is entering the stage.

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Serwis Prawno-Pracowniczy (Legal and Work Service) 2021/14

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• Group work
  • Parents' rights at work - questions and answers

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Monitor Prawniczy (Law Monitor) 2021/13

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• News
  • The natural environment is not a personal good
  • An extraordinary complaint filed against the decision closing the proceedings
  • Entry on the list of attorneys and obliteration of the entry on discontinuing criminal proceedings against the candidate
  • The method of operation of the System of Random Allocation of Cases as public information
  • Issuing a tax interpretation at the request of the transformed limited liability company
  • The issuer's liability
  • Another asylum application
  • Interpol's red note and the ne bis in idem principle

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Aktualności BHP (OSH News) 2021/180 (07-08)

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•  News
  • Remote work - 16 solutions from the Polish Order (3)
    The draft amendment to the Labor Code concerning remote work, prepared by the Ministry of Development, Labor and Technology, was directed to social and interministrial consultations. Adoption of the draft announced by the government for the third quarter of 2021 year. Complete or hybrid remote work performance, rules for its performance and the novelty of occasional remote work. Such, among others assumptions introduces the latest project on remote work. The new regulations are to become one of the elements of the Polish Order.
  • The minimum wage and the higher hourly wage in 2022 (5)
    The Council of Ministers adopted a proposal regarding the minimum wage for work in 2022 in the amount of PLN 3,000. PLN and the minimum hourly rate for specific civil law contracts in the amount of PLN 19.60. The proposed amounts are currently being negotiated with the social partners.
  • The labor inspector will inspect a small construction site in the evening or at the weekend (5)
    The National Labor Inspectorate (PIP) has launched a nationwide campaign called "Inspections on small construction sites". As the Chief Labor Inspector informed, the results of the National Labor Inspectorate indicate that the greatest number of accident and occupational hazards occurs at small construction sites. Determining the actual scale of irregularities and non-compliance with the provisions, the labor inspector will conduct inspection activities at various times , also in the afternoon and evening, and during weekends. Check whether the rules of occupational health and safety are complied with on the construction sites you operate.
• Questions and Answers
  • Qualifications to perform thermal works with the use of plasma (6)
    In the case of an employee performing plasma cutting, it is required to complete a training, which will include theoretical knowledge, practical training in the use of plasma welding equipment and conditions for safe work performance. Obtaining qualifications requires passing the theoretical and practical exam.
  • No cause of an accident at work - what to do next (7)
    In the absence of a cause of an accident at work, it is difficult to find an external cause that caused the fall and, consequently, head injuries. The lack of an external cause , including the objective inability to determine it, means that, regardless of the fulfillment of the other criteria for an accident at work, the post-accident team will have no grounds to classify the event as an accident at work.
• COVID-19 and OHS
  • Compliance with the standards of working time in remote work (8)
    Are the applicable regulations and the planned amendment to the Labor Code sufficient to avoid the risk of violations related to compliance with the standards of working time performed remotely? Doubts also apply to the way in which the employer should be guaranteed compliance with applicable law. So how do you control a remote employee?

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UDT Inspektor (TIA Inspector) 2021/02

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• We have mobilely entered the second century of technical supervision (4)
• Technology shapes the development of innovation in safety for the industry of the 21st century. VII Conference of the Office of Technical Inspection (6)
  On May 18, the VII Conference of the Office of Technical Inspection was held. This year's edition coincided with the 110th anniversary of the operation of technical supervision in Poland . Discussions full of congratulations and thanks were conducive to the exchange of valuable information and new perspectives. The event was held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Development, Labor and Technology.
• The strength of tradition mobilizes for development (11)
  Since the second decade of the twentieth century, the history of the Polish technical supervision has been written down by the achievements of generations that came to function in specific geopolitical realities, at various stages of the development of technical thought and its applications in industry and economy.
• Hydrogen - green gold (15)
  An attempt was made in the INSPECTOR newsletter to provide an answer to the question of what hopes are associated with hydrogen.
• ecoUDT in the Renewable Energy Climate - Installers' competences under the supervision of the Office of Technical Inspection (20)
  If some eight or ten years ago were to conduct a street survey and ask passers-by about photovoltaic installations or heat pumps, hardly anyone would know what was going on. It would be even worse with other types of renewable energy (solar collectors, biomass, wind power plants). The level of knowledge about renewable energy sources among the so-called average eaters of bread were very small at that time. At that time, in Poland, this was done by a small group of enthusiasts, most often related directly or indirectly to research centers.

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Polityka Społeczna (Social Policy) 2021/02

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• Review of social research in Poland on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the light of the fuzzy reasoning paradigm
  The article presents the results of the secondary analysis of qualitative and quantitative data in relation to social research carried out in Poland during the pandemic. The research results were introduced on the basis of analyzes of 180 projects carried out by scientific and commercial institutions in the period from January to May 2020. The aim of the project is to present generalizations for patterns of conduct in the implementation of empirical research for social researchers undertaking the challenges of identifying the phenomena accompanying the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic . We are interested in the possibility of drawing conclusions that go beyond individual research projects carried out in the social area. The conclusions we recommend relate to the following issues: mitigating the polarization of social attitudes dynamically changing during a pandemic, practical solving - and not only diagnosing - problems that appear incovid reality and deficits of theoretical assumptions accompanying research works .
• Construction work in the light of game theory. An empirical study
  The article discusses the problem of queuing for elevators and delays in construction. While conducting the research, the author found employment as a construction worker at the construction site of a skyscraper in Poland. The research was conducted using implicit participant observation. The theoretical background of the analyzes was the theory of games.

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BHP w Firmie (Work safety in the company) 2021/240

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• Topic of the issue: Summer obligations of the employer - selected issues
  Although man is a warm-blooded organism, it cannot be assumed that the temperature in the place where he is staying can be any. This applies in particular to work processes - where appropriate thermal conditions have a significant impact on the safety of the employee as well as the quantity and quality of performed duties. Summer season and associated temperatures update additional obligations on hiring entities. Due to the fact that they are regulated by the provisions in the field of technical safety at work, their proper implementation is of particular interest to labor inspectors.
• Amendments to the accident act - what awaits
  According to the government draft, apart from the act on the social insurance system, the accident act is also to be amended soon. The main modification is to adapt the Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2019 , item 1205, as amended; hereinafter: the Accident Act) to the content of Art. 12 sec. 1 of the Act of 25 June 1999 on cash benefits from social insurance in the event of sickness and maternity (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2020, item 870, as amended; hereinafter: the Benefit Act). What exactly are the changes supposed to be about?
• One after another at the same employer unacceptable
  One of the entrepreneurs was soon inspected by the National Labor Inspectorate. The re-inspection covered a similar scope as the previous one. In the opinion of the Provincial Administrative Court in Gliwice, such proceedings are unacceptable - the State Labor Inspectorate cannot inspect the same employer several times in a row within the same scope and time. Check the court's reasoning.
• Disciplinary dismissal of an employee and a question of his fault
  Suppose that an employee arbitrarily leaves the workplace before the end of the working day - without just cause and without the consent of the supervisor. Can such behavior be treated as a serious breach of basic employee duties (working time established in the company, work regulations and order - Article 100 § 2 point 1 and 2 of the Labor Code) justifying the employer's termination of an employment contract without notice under "disciplinary" procedure? Check how the Supreme Court commented on this issue.

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