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Aura - Ochrona Środowiska (AURA Environmental Protection) 2022/06

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  • Scientists create a digital database of biodiversity
    Valuable specimens of flora and fauna from natural collections, bibliographic sources and archival collections, which are in the resources of Polish scientific institutions, will soon be digitized and available. The data collected under the IMBIO project, led by the University of Warsaw, covers all life forms with a cell nucleus ( Eukaryota ). The implementation of the project, coordinated by Dr. Piotr Tykarski from the University of Warsaw, involves 18 scientific partners, cooperating with each other within the National Biodiversity Information Network (KSIB). The digital collection will include only organisms characteristic of Poland or also of the world?
  • Protection of rare and endangered species of flora
    The importance of plants for humans cannot be overestimated. They are present directly or indirectly in almost every area of life. Meanwhile, the richness of their diversity is deteriorating at an alarming rate, mainly due to anthropogenic pressure. It is estimated that one in four species in the world is threatened with extinction in their natural habitats. In Poland, a similar percentage of the threat to our native flora is observed. Initiatives are taken that cover different levels of biodiversity organization, from genetic to species to ecosystem. These initiatives are based on tools specialized in a given direction and to a large extent are related to an institution or organization operating in a given area of natural resource protection.
  • Tree surgeons - knowledge and practice
    Preserving the natural heritage is a priority in nursing and treatment activities carried out by specialists from the Polish Society of Tree Surgeons of the Supreme Technical Organization. For over 30 years, members of this organization have shared a common passion to restore the health and well-being of nature monuments and other trees that are mutilated, weakened and plagued by pests. They listen to the rhythm of their lives, ­diagnose and undertake the necessary treatments.
  • Polish biologists have discovered a new genus and species of cyanobacteria
    Not only a new species, but also a completely new type - i.e. a taxonomically higher unit - of cyanobacteria was discovered by a team of scientists led by Polish researcher Prof. dr hab. Iwona Jasser from the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology. This cyanosis species, unlike any previously known species, lives in the geothermal spring of the East Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan). According to its discoverers, it may turn out to be not only a new evolutionary line of cyanobacteria, but also a potential producer of valuable bioactive substances. An article about the new organism - and others isolated from geothermal environments in Iceland, Poland, Greece and Tajikistan - appeared in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ”. The results described in the publication concern research conducted by three different teams.

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Bezpieczeństwo Pracy - nauka i praktyka (Work Safety) 2022/06

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  • Local reports (2)
  • Innovation is a woman: LEADERS competition (3)
    Until 5 July, women (professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs) who are initiators and authors of innovative solutions for the manufacturing industry can apply to the LEADERS competition organized by EIT Manufacturing.
  • Awards for CIOP-PIB for solutions in the area of noise protection (4)
  • What's all the fuss? (6)
    Noise - understood as unpleasant, harmful or annoying sounds - is often an insidious enemy, which not only makes our mood worse and makes it difficult to concentrate, but also has much more serious consequences for human health. Just as bright light can damage eyesight, strong vibrations caused by sound can destroy hearing cells.
  • Tests of selected anti-vibration gloves available on the Polish market (9)
    Anti-vibration gloves have been tested for many years, but their assortment changes so quickly that there is still no comprehensive data on some of these products. Therefore, it is necessary to update and extend this type of data and make it available to employers and OSH specialists. The article presents the results of tests of selected models of anti-vibration gloves.

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BHP w Firmie (Work safety in the company) 2022/254

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  • Subject of the issue: The role of an occupational medicine physician in the OHS commission
    Increase in employment causes an increase in some of the employer's obligations in the field of technical safety at work. An example is the health and safety commission, which should be appointed by an employer with at least 250 employees. Taking into account the tasks of the OHS commission, a strategic person in its composition is a doctor who provides preventive health care for employees. His scope of tasks within the commission can be derived both from the provisions of the labor law and the act on the occupational medicine service.
  • Regulations concerning transmission pipelines - changes are being prepared
    Transmission pipelines are a type of technical devices that should have technical conditions of technical supervision established. With this in mind, the Ministry of Development prepared a draft of a new regulation on the technical conditions of technical supervision to be met by transmission pipelines transporting hazardous materials with toxic, corrosive or flammable properties. Where does the need for new regulations come from? What issues will be regulated in the planned pipeline regulations?
  • Exercise of employee rights under protection - changes to the Labor Code
    An employee who, due to exercising the rights provided for by labor law, will be treated worse in employment than other employees, will be able to claim compensation from the employer in the amount not lower than the minimum remuneration for work. What will be the scope of protection against unfavorable treatment in employment due to the exercise of employee rights? Will the prohibition of unequal treatment also apply to other people? What will the infringed employee have the right to?
  • The Act on the Defense of the Fatherland and changes in the labor law
    The Act on the Defense of the Fatherland has been in force since April 23, 2022. It introduces changes, among others concerning employees, in particular employees. What are the changes in the scope of granting leaves in connection with the Act on the Defense of the Fatherland? Is military service a hiatus? Does the employer have to lay off the employee to provide personal benefits? Check the details.

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Aktualności BHP (OSH News) 2022/196

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  •  News
    • What does the state of epidemic threat mean (3)
      In mid-May this year. the state of the epidemic in Poland was canceled due to SARS-CoV-2 virus infections. It was replaced by an epidemic emergency. Immediately there were questions from employers and OHS service employees regarding the previously suspended duties related to periodic preventive medical examinations and periodic health and safety training of employees. Should I return to employee research and training?
    • Factory control of employees - the next version of the draft (5)
      Another draft amendment has already appeared on the pages of the Government Legislation Center, which will define in the Labor Code the rules for the employers to conduct preventive sobriety tests of employees. What has changed this time?
    • Contribution for health insurance - the calculation basis for entrepreneurs again (7)
      Amendments to the Act on health care services financed from public funds entered into force in the scope of the rules for determining the basis of the calculation of contributions for health insurance of persons conducting business activity taxed on general principles (according to the scale or flat tax) or flat-rate tax. What are they about?
  • Recipes with a comment
    • Health and safety instructions in a few simple steps (8)
      According to the regulations, the employer is obliged to provide employees with up-to-date health and safety instructions for their constant use. These instructions are a set of rules, guidelines and methods of action that help you organize safe work and avoid dangers. So how to write good health and safety instructions?
  • Health and safety service
    • Removal from work of an employee employed in forbidden work - entitlement of the health and safety service (11)
      Despite the free choice in terms of employment, not everyone can perform a specific type of work. Safety considerations may be an obstacle. The provisions protect, in particular, adolescents and pregnant and breastfeeding women. In the event of a prohibited work being performed - the right, or more precisely, the duty of the health and safety service will be to react quickly.

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Promotor BHP (Health and safety promoter) 2022/06

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  • The subject of the issue
    • Occupational health and safety in an industrial plant (6)
      Safe work in an industrial plant involves the adaptation of buildings and plant infrastructure to the legal requirements. What should you pay special attention to in this regard?
  • Risk assessment
    • Assessment of the contractor's occupational risk in the production of meat products (10)
      Work in the production of meat products is associated with various hazards in the workplace. The employee uses, among others from industrial machinery that should be properly used.
  • Work safety
    • Annual health and safety analysis (16)
      What is the annual health and safety analysis? The article presents what it should contain and how to prepare it properly.
    • Volumetric and surface non-destructive testing methods used in the assessment of the technical condition of UTB load-bearing structures (24)
      Tests performed when the device has reached its service life are one of the important steps in the process of assessing the technical condition of the device. This process can include the entire device as well as its individual components which reach their resources at different time intervals. One of the elements of a technical device that can reach its service life is the load-carrying structure.
    • Emergency devices - safety showers and eyewash stations (34)
      Installation of emergency devices in workplaces is not only a good practice, but an obligation, supported by legal requirements.

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Lekarz Medycyny Pracy - numer specjalny (Doctor of Occupational Medicine) 2022/2

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  • Legal comments
    • First aid system in the company - what is the role of an occupational medicine doctor (1)
      Every employer, including a medical facility with employees, having the status of a basic occupational medicine service unit, is obliged to provide employees with an efficient first aid system. Check the role of the occupational medicine physician in this system.
    • Does the occupational medicine doctor have the right to carry out travel examinations or in a place other than the address of the registered business (5)
      Occupational medicine is not only preliminary, periodic and follow-up examinations at the headquarters of occupational medicine, but also field examinations and visits to workplaces by an occupational medicine doctor, which allows for better protection of employees. Check how they should go.
    • Can an occupational medicine doctor carry out examinations without consulting a neurologist and an ophthalmologist (7)
      Currently, occupational medicine doctors are prepared to independently assess the basic parameters covered by the examination of specialist doctors. However, it is possible to refer the occupational medicine physician to specialist consultation tests, depending on the indications, primarily: otolaryngological, neurological, ophthalmological, dermatological, allergological or psychological.

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Służby Utrzymania Ruchu (SUR) (Maintenance Service) 2022/03 (05-06)

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  • Subject of the issue: Safety of production processes
    • IoT and production security (6)
      IoT - the Internet of Things - is one of the foundations of industry 4.0. This technology has a significant impact on the improvement of production safety. At the same time, we are still working on increasing cybersecurity, including precisely in the context of the application of IoT.
    • "Safety first" in the era 4.0 (8)
      On the one hand, all technological solutions allow users to use much more and much more precisely from the broadly understood technology. Thanks to robots, we can get to places that we had not thought about until recently. Thanks to the Internet, we are able to go anywhere in the world, like the gods of Olympus, see what is going on with our other "earthly friends".
    • Advantages of vision systems in production (12)
      Quality control is one of the most important stages of production. This is the basic form of product or service compliance verification. It gives direct information on whether the production or service process is running properly. Continuous technological development generates newer and newer tools to assist in quality control. The growing popularity in this respect is, among others, computer image analysis and processing.
  • Report
    • Pure benefits, or how to clean hydraulic systems in machines? (14)
      There is no need to convince anyone about the necessity to change oils and clean hydraulic systems. The efficiency and service life of the devices largely depend on the correctness of this procedure. It should remove any contamination from both internal and external surfaces of the system. Despite the importance of the process, there is likely to be no area associated with hydraulic and lubrication systems with major differences between theory and practice.

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Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska (Environmental Protection News) 2022/202 (06)

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  • Subject of the issue: You have until the end of June to submit the CEEB declaration
    The manager of the building or premises should submit a declaration on heat sources or fuel combustion sources to the head of the municipality, mayor or city president. Check when and how to submit such a declaration and how to complete it.
  • What has changed with regard to the preparation of environmental impact assessment reports (EIA)
    On April 23, 2022, the regulation on the format of the document containing the results of the environmental inventory and the format of the environmental impact report entered into force. It affects entities that deal with the development of the so-called environmental impact assessment reports (EIA). What changed?
  • Prohibition of coal imports from Russia and more goods in SENT
    A new draft regulation has appeared, according to which the SENT road and rail freight monitoring system will cover another group of goods, including: coal, coke and briquettes. The change in regulations is related to the ban on importing coal from Russia.
  • Amendments to the Energy Law - implementation of the hydrogen economy
    The Ministry of Climate and Environment has started work to implement the Polish branch of the hydrogen economy. A draft act was drafted to amend the Energy Law and certain other acts.

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Monitor Prawa Pracy (Labor Law Monitor) 2022/2

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  • Protection of the durability of the employment relationship of a person called to military service in the context of the provisions of the Act on the Defense of the Fatherland
  • From the courtroom
    • Consultation of the intention to terminate an employment contract with a trade union organization
    • The problem of sexual harassment in the light of international standards
  • Opinion
    • Whistleblowers and whistleblowers and their right to freedom of expression
    • Employers' rights during a pandemic - remote work in the medical sector
  • Practice
    • Additional compensation for an employee reinstated by the court
  • Jurisprudence
    • Compensation for non-pecuniary damage (harm) and the concept of "the principle of equal treatment in employment" in the light of Art. 18 KP

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Monitor Prawniczy (Law Monitor) 2022/10

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  • News
    • Penalty for the Polish driver
    • Refusal to initiate proceedings on compensation for the seized plot of land
    • Letter qualification in administrative proceedings
    • Information obligations of the court
    • Omission of the attorney for deliveries by the tax authority
    • Providing the doctor's personal data
    • The judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal as the basis for a complaint to reopen the proceedings
    • Order with the obligation to pay
    • Costs of remuneration of the attorney-in-fact
    • Information on the use of wiretapping or surveillance as classified information
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