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Informator Ochrony Pracy (kwartalnik) (Labor protection guide) 2021/01

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  • New website of the Association (2)
  • A difficult year - well-used (3)
  • Remotely capable:
    • In the Rzeszów SOP Branch (4)
    • From the SOP Branch in Katowice (4)
    • SOP branch in Rzeszów, that is: Pandemic with a breathalyzer (5)
  • Krause, The specificity of teleworking in education on the example of the position of an academic teacher. Part 1: Legal basis and terminology for teleworking (7)
  • Examples of publications on remote work available in the press (11)
  • On health and safety and remote work in the Senate during the debate on the Ombudsman (11)
  • Update of the occupational risk assessment and the amendment to the Ordinance of the Minister of Health of April 22, 2005 (13)
  • On the employer's right to control employees in connection with the risks caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus and COVID 19 disease (14)
  • New labor protection regulations (15)
  • Amendment of the NDS and NDN regulation in the work environment (17)
  • A bit of ergonomics to praise the culture of work (18)

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Inspektor Pracy (Labor Inspector) 2021/04

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Category: Inspektor Pracy
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  • In the Parliament of the Republic of Poland: Chief Labor Inspector presented reports (3)
  • Remote work at the Labor Protection Council (5)
  • News not only from the country (6)
  • Mom under the umbrella. Protection of the employee-parent employment relationship (8)
    An employment contract concluded for a definite period or for a trial period exceeding one month, which would be terminated after the third month of pregnancy, is extended until the day of delivery.
  • Under the inspector's magnifying glass: Court for illegal employment; Syndic has been punished (14)
  • How scare it to the inspector. After four months of the labor inspection, the information campaign still arouses enormous interest (15)
  • Duty of National Labor Inspectorate experts in the media - on work and OSH in a pandemic (18)
  • Risk reduction. Technical protective measures for machines limiting the emission of harmful agents and hazardous substances (20)
  • To keep the machine safe (part 1). Legal and technical problems of labor inspectors in controlling the adaptation of machines to the minimum requirements (24)
  • From the history cards of the National Labor Inspectorate. End of the temporal period (Part 1) (28)
  • Under the inspector's magnifying glass: Stuntmen on the construction site; High Risk Summer Resort (33)
  • Essential "shortcomings" of the machine set. Liability of the employer and the producer for a serious accident at work (34)

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Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska (Environmental Protection News) 2021/186

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  • Subject of the issue: Report to KOBIZE - whether you have to submit a report for previous years
    The obligation to prepare and enter a report in the National Database expires 5 years after the end of the calendar year in which this obligation arose. This is due to Art. 7 sec. 2c of the Act of 17 July 2009 on the system of managing emissions of greenhouse gases and other substances (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1077).
  • Has the waste database merged with SAF-T VAT
    On the website of the RCL (Government Legislative Center), a draft amendment to the Act on waste appeared at the end of last year, according to which the obligation to place data from accounting documents (invoices and bills) in the BDO system was to be introduced. These regulations were to enter into force on January 1, 2021. Are they actually in force?
  • Storage of medical waste - access to running water is necessary
    Is there a safety shower with cold and hot running water in the room storing waste with codes e.g. 18 01 02 and 18 01 03?
  • Fee for BDO - what are the consequences of non-payment?
    Some entrepreneurs entered in the Database have to pay an annual fee for this entry. Exactly how much does it cost, by when does the transfer need to be made and what can happen if you missed this deadline?

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BHP w Firmie (Work safety in the company) 2021/236 (04)

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  • Subject of the issue: National Labor Inspectorate's control during the COVID-19 epidemic
    The period of the epidemic in the context of control activities is mainly associated with the activities of the National Sanitary Inspectorate. However, control and supervision activities carried out by inspectors of the National Labor Inspectorate play a very significant role in this particular time. Inspections of PIP inspectors during an epidemic are carried out on the basis of the provisions of the Act on PIP, as well as on the basis of the provisions of the entrepreneurs law, which allow for remote and hybrid inspections - which is a complete novelty in the control practice of labor inspectors. In the case of health and safety inspections, they will mostly take place in workplaces - however, under significantly modified sanitary rules.
  • Attention! New interest rates for accident insurance contributions from April
    From April 2021, new interest rates for social insurance contributions for accidents at work and occupational diseases will apply for 24 groups of activity. The contributory year starts on April 1, 2021. How much will the new interest rates be?
  • Is remote OSH training on the beginnings of the epidemic important - find out the position of the National Labor Inspectorate
    In the first half of April 2020, there were no regulations governing the issue of conducting remote periodic OSH training and postponing the obligation to conduct an examination in this area. So what about the validity of the periodic OSH training remotely carried out during this period? The National Labor Inspectorate commented on this issue. Check for the period of validity of OSH training in relation to the provisions of the anti-crisis shield.
  • COVID-19 as an occupational disease - what this means is the duty of the employer include disease prevention among employees
    As part of preventive measures, the company may, for example, organize screening tests or a vaccination center at its headquarters. And what does it mean for employers that COVID-19, as a communicable disease, can be an occupational disease?

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Służby Utrzymania Ruchu (SUR) (Maintenance Service) 2021/02 (03-04)

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  • Diagnostics
    • Properly carried out diagnostics as a guarantee of the safety of production processes (4)
    • The ability to detect faults using diagnostic tests (8)
    • Methods of machine diagnosis and diagnostic information management (12)
    • Monitoring and diagnostics of critical machines, i.e. how to prevent failure of the main components? (16)
  • Report
    • From a steam engine to an intelligent machine, i.e. Industry 4.0 (18)
  • Concept
    • A holistic approach to compressed air (22)
    • How do IT systems support the management of an organisation's assets during a crisis? (24)
  • Prevention

Monitor Prawa Pracy i Ubezpieczeń (Labor Law and Insurance Monitor) 2021/04

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  • The subject of the issue
    • New amounts of the accident contribution from April 1, 2021.
  • You need to know about it
    • Entrepreneurs injured as a result of COVID-19 may apply for further government support (5)
    • From March 1, 2021, new amounts are applicable, free of deductions from benefits financed by the Social Insurance Fund (FUS) (8)
    • Brexit - effects in the field of social security and tax settlements of employees (10)
    • Changes in pensions - indexation and additional cash benefits (17)
  • The Office for Personal Data Protection explains

Monitor Prawniczy (Law Monitor) 2021/07

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Category: Monitor Prawniczy
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  • News
    • Compensation for wrongful arrest abroad
    • A security order issued on the basis of the Code of Civil Procedure as the basis for placement in a special center
    • Establishing a necessary road and the consent of the provincial conservator of monuments
    • Complaint against an order to pay a sum of money for obstructing a child's contact with a parent
    • Demonstrating the amount of damage as a condition for applying for compensation
    • Use of personal data in criminal proceedings
    • Illegal stay of a refugee
    • Loss of competence of the national antitrust authority

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Problemy Jakości (Quality Problems) 2021/03

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  • VARIA
    Many organizations use different types of management standards to better meet customer requirements, reduce unwanted variability in their business, expand into new markets and thus improve their results. Documents of this type are the ISO 55000 series for asset management. This set consists of three standards, i.e. (1) ISO 55000 - presenting general information, principles and terminology, (2) ISO 55001 - containing the requirements for an asset management system and (3) ISO 55002 - presenting guidelines to help properly implement this system.
  • Master-student relationship - how to shape academic excellence, on the example of prof. Romuald Kolman
    This article focuses on a fundamental issue in the context of education and research development - the master-student relationship. Referring to the centuries-old tradition of academic institutions, the essence and meaning of these relations were presented, indicating the desired features of the master as a person shaping the attitudes of his students, expected from social reasons. As an example of a master in the field of quality sciences, the figure of the late Professor Romuald Kolman and the memories of some of his pupils. Referring to the current situation in the system of higher education and science in Poland, the authors wish to draw attention to - in their opinion - definitely insufficient, or even neglected in various regulations, support for this sphere of academic activity.
  • A look at quality management and its development
    The study briefly presents the author's thoughts on the current state and development of the scientific discipline of qualitology, and especially applied qualitology - quality engineering, in terms of quality management. The discussed concepts were defined and their location in the structure of science was indicated. Possible directions for the development of this interesting scientific discipline have been set out.
  • The importance of the relationship 'quality versus innovation', especially environment-oriented innovation
    In the current approach to product quality, its various aspects become important. This is the case with the environmental aspect, which in the case of many products is even the most important. This text presents the most important determinants of this fact. It should be noted that although the quality of products, understood practically as the degree of meeting customer requirements, is addressed primarily to direct customers, it has indirect (distant) customers, i.e. stakeholders outside the circle of the direct relationship: product producer - customer user. The rations of indirect customers, that is, generally speaking, institutions that guard the rational use of environmental resources, are equally important and must be taken into account. The role of artificial intelligence in the relationship between quality and innovation is also discussed. In the final part of the text, a proposal is presented on how to take into account the environmental aspect at the design stage, i.e. where the quality of the product is shaped and where the level of environmental impact of this product is decided throughout its life cycle.

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Aktualności BHP - Substancje niebezpieczne (OSH News) 2021/61

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  • Technical formalin 37% and the consequences of exceeding the TLV (1)
    Carcinogenic or mutagenic substances should be eliminated first. You must also determine what the TLV is and when to carry out the next measurement. Formalin is a carcinogenic substance. Therefore, pregnant, nursing and adolescent women cannot work.
  • Manufacture of metal furniture - storage of chemicals (2)
    At the workplace, it is not allowed to store raw materials, finished products, auxiliary materials and waste in quantities greater than those resulting from technological needs, enabling the maintenance of work (production) continuity on a given shift.

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Aktualności BHP (OSH News) 2021/175 (04)

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  •  News
    • Address for electronic delivery - the new obligation of the employer (3)
      As early as in 2021, both entrepreneurs (from October) and public employers (from July) must have an address for electronic delivery. The obligation in this regard is introduced by the provisions on electronic delivery, adopted in November 2020. Check what the new solutions mean for employers. Who will be required to have an electronic delivery address?
    • New higher lump-sum amounts in the event of accidents at work (4)
      As of April 1, 2021, new higher lump-sum amounts in the event of an accident at work or occupational disease will apply. You can count on PLN 49 more for each percent of permanent or long-term health damage than before.
    • Another signal about remote work in the Labor Code (5)
      The provisions regulating remote work are to enter into force in the first quarter of 2021 - announced the Ministry of Development, Technology and Labor. Although detailed solutions tailored to the needs and specifics of a given industry are to be agreed between employers and employees, the key issue remains the regulation of occupational health and safety rules and the costs of remote work.
    • The National Labor Inspectorate confirms the validity of remote training from April 2020 (6)
      The labor inspection took a position on periodic occupational health and safety training performed in the initial period of the epidemic. For how long are OSH training valid in connection with the provisions of the anti-crisis shield?
  • COVID-19 and OHS
    • Pocovid syndrome - a new problem for an employee and an occupational medicine physician (7)
      All indications are that pocovid syndrome in various forms will soon be distinguished as a new disease entity. You will have to learn the clinical management of these cases. It can be quite a challenge for occupational medicine. Will the occupational medicine doctor soon decide whether an employee can continue to work in the current position after contracting COVID-19?

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