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Promotor BHP (Health and safety promoter) 2023/07-08

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  • Occupational risk assessment of a photovoltaic panel fitter (6)
    The fitter of photovoltaic panels should have the appropriate qualifications to work in the profession. What is the occupational risk assessment for this position?
• Work safety
  • The Safety and Health Protection Plan is a tool for safe construction implementation (18)
    The construction site is a limited space in which appropriate resources must be gathered and construction works necessary to complete the construction work must be carried out safely. The article presents the safety and health protection plan as a tool for safe construction implementation. From the article you will learn: in what situations should a safety and health protection plan be drawn up; how a health and safety plan should be structured; what the procedure for developing a health and safety plan should look like.

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ATEST - ochrona pracy (Certificate - work protection) 2023/07-08

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• Youth work - new regulation
  30 September The regulation of the Council of Ministers of June 19, 2023 on the list of works prohibited to juveniles and the conditions of their employment in some of these works will enter into force (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1240), which will replace the current regulation of August 24, 2004.
• Let's work on ourselves
  One cannot hope to direct the world to better ways unless individuals are directed to better ones. To this end, each of us should work on self-improvement, while being aware of our responsibility for all that is happening in the world.
• Participation of employees in a health program or a preventive health program as part of occupational medicine research
  The fundamental duty of every employer is to protect the health of employees, including providing them with safe working conditions. The basic legal instruments in the field of health protection of employees in Poland include preventive examinations of employees. The issue of preventive medical examinations of employees is primarily regulated by the Labor Code. According to it, the employer is obliged to organize and provide preventive health care for employees. The provisions of the Labor Code regarding employee examinations were recently amended by the Act of December 1, 2022 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 240). The amendment to the regulations concerns the possibility of directing employees during preventive examinations carried out in an occupational medicine unit to participate in a health program or a health policy programme.

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UDT Inspektor (TIA Inspector) 2023/02

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• Requirements of Directives 2006/42/EC (machinery) and 2009/104/EC (tools) (4)
  The functioning of all industrial sectors is inextricably linked to the use of machines, devices and entire installations. Many technologically advanced areas require emphasis on safety issues, and their functioning includes ensuring safe and hygienic working conditions when using machines and other technical devices. A uniform system of technical EU regulations and New Approach directives regulate and ensure a consistent approach to the safety of devices and people operating them. The condition is their proper understanding and application. The regulations combine the requirements for manufacturers with those for operators. In addition to the device directives, there are so-called social directives, which apply independently, but at the same time as the New Approach directives.

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Inspektor Pracy (Labor Inspector) 2023/02-03

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• IN THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC: Labor Protection Council on safe work in forestry (3)
  Occupational health and safety in forestry is one of the topics discussed during the meeting of the Labor Protection Council on February 6, 2023.
• News not only from the country (4)
• Summary of changes in road transport - posting of drivers (part 2) (8)
  By introducing the mobility package, the European Parliament sought to equalize the rules of remuneration for drivers employed in the international transport of goods and passengers, as well as the exchange of information between authorities and enterprises.
• A threat that cannot be seen - occupational risk assessment in relation to harmful biological agents - outlined and procedure (12)
  Carrying out an occupational risk assessment is one of the basic obligations of the employer towards the employee in order to protect his health and life by providing him with safe and hygienic working conditions. In the case of hazards caused by harmful biological agents, risk assessment is also a key element of biosafety management in the workplace. Guidelines and a procedure developed by the Institute of Occupational Medicine. Prof. J. Nofer in Łódź.
• Specificity of employment in local governments (18)
  According to the Central Statistical Office, in 2021 only in local government administration, on average, 2,254.8 thousand people were employed.

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Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne (Work and Social Security) 2022/12

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• On the role of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in ensuring decent work in the world of production offshoring.
  Production offshoring is a popular strategy that allows companies to gain a competitive advantage, in particular by reducing operating costs, especially labor costs. However, its application entails the risk that in the pursuit of economic goals, companies will go a step too far and will be willing to tacitly accept violations of the fundamental rights of people employed by their subcontractors, especially in developing countries where the level of legal protection is still relatively low . One of the most important challenges of the modern world is therefore to ensure decent work for these people. The question posed in this article is how to do this and whether the International Labor Organization will play a leading role in this process - established to promote basic human rights and improve working and living conditions.
• Scope of exclusion of social security disputes in European civil procedural law.
  European civil procedural law excludes social security from the scope of its application, but does not define this matter. That concept is to be interpreted autonomously, which is intended to ensure the effectiveness of EU law in the field of the coordination of social security systems. In the case law of the CJEU, it is therefore assumed that the substantive content of the term "social security" in European civil procedural law determines the material scope of Regulation (EU) No 883/2004. This means that matters that are not covered by the coordination of social security systems remain outside the scope of the exclusion. With regard to them, the assessment of the application of the rules of European civil procedural law requires the notion of civil and commercial matters to be taken into account. Only taking into account both elements - the concept of "civil and commercial matters" and "social security" allows us to determine the scope of exclusion of disputes concerning social security in European civil procedural law.

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Polityka Społeczna (Social Policy) 2022/11-12

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• The use of the projective technique method "Chinese portrait" on the example of migration research
  The aim of the text is to convey the experience of qualitative research in the area of migration using the projective technique of the "Chinese portrait" used so far mainly in marketing research and psychology. As part of a scientific project devoted to the perception of Polish and Ukrainian labor markets by Poles and Ukrainians, in order to obtain more detailed opinions of respondents, it was decided to use the "Chinese portrait" projection technique. This brought very interesting results that allowed to verify the information obtained in quantitative and qualitative research conducted using an in-depth interview questionnaire. At the same time, during the implementation of the study, several challenges emerged that required taking into account both the projection technique and data interpretation. The text encourages the use of projective techniques in social research. It also points out the main challenges associated with it and suggests how to deal with them.
• The sense of workload of social workers during the pandemic
  The time of the pandemic is a difficult time for everyone. This situation is also a significant burden for the staff of social welfare institutions. The fact that the institution was approached by people who had not previously been recipients of benefits, as well as the manifestation of negative behavior by clients, creates unfavorable conditions for effective work. In addition, organizational changes related to partly remote work, reduced effectiveness of aid work, lack of sufficient social support from superiors and co-workers reinforce the feeling of overwhelm and exhaustion. The article is empirical in nature. The aim of the research was to diagnose the sense of workload of social workers during the pandemic. The research was conducted in 2021 on a sample of 129 social workers from all over Poland. The selection of the group for the research was purposeful, and the criterion adopted was employment as a social worker in a social assistance centre. The research method was the diagnostic survey method. The results of the research showed that most social workers worked in hybrid mode during the epidemic. They provided psychological support to those in need, coordinated the delivery of food to people in quarantine, or delivered it personally. An important area of work was the support of the elderly. The research results indicate that the vast majority of social workers feel extremely burdened by the fact that social welfare clients try to manipulate them and that they come to the center under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants. A very significant burden is the fact that the respondents deal with too many customers. For the vast majority of social workers, it is extremely burdensome to achieve remuneration for work that is disproportionate to the workload.

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A program supporting the assessment of noise exposure at the workplace, divided into activities v1.1

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Program supporting the assessment of noise exposure at the workplace, divided into activities V.1.1
(Note: The program performs calculations in accordance with the standards applicable in the European Union)

Improved version of the program. While maintaining functionality, its operation has been simplified. The function key Calculate for selected has been removed. All calculations are performed automatically during data entry and modification.

The program is quite simple to use and (at least it seems to me) quite intuitive. However, if some issues are not clear, please send information to the e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Lekarz Medycyny Pracy (Doctor of Occupational Medicine) 2022/11

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•  News
  • New obligation - hunters must undergo periodic examinations (1)
    The deadline for the submission of medical and psychological certificates by hunters with a firearms license soon expires. Until now, such examinations had to be performed only once, therefore doctors authorized to issue relevant certificates can expect that the number of people interested in obtaining them will increase.
  • Chemical substances in the work environment - there will be an amendment to the regulation (3)
    Due to the fact that on July 1, 2020, the State Sanitary Inspection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration was liquidated, and its tasks were taken over by the State Sanitary Inspection, it is necessary to amend the regulation on substances chemicals, their mixtures, agents or technological processes having a carcinogenic or mutagenic effect in the work environment. Check what is included in the draft amendment.
• Occupational medicine clinic
  • Preventive examinations of people "not exposed" to factors harmful to health - legal possibilities and practice (4)
    What qualifications must a doctor have to perform preventive examinations of employees? Is there a group of 'unexposed' workers who can be cared for by GPs or GPs? Find out the answers to these questions.
  • Is fear a significant contraindication to driving (7)
    One of the significant contraindications to working as a driver or practicing a profession by a person who has a company car is fear. A person who is afraid to drive a car should not work in a car related profession as long as the anxiety persists.

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A program supporting the assessment of noise exposure at the workplace, divided into activities

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A program supporting the assessment of noise exposure at the workplace, divided into activities
(Note: The program performs calculations in accordance with the standards applicable in the European Union)

   The program allows you to assess noise exposure and provides noise level and/or exposure time reduction values for individual activities when the exposure limit value is exceeded. This is a trial version (it is made available for testing) and I will be grateful for any comments about the shortcomings noticed, and suggestions for what functions the software can be supplemented with in the next version. 

   The program is quite simple to use and (at least it seems to me) quite intuitive. However, if some issues are not clear, please send information to the e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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