- News
- Sobriety testing of employees and remote work already in the Labor Code (3)
At the end of last year, the Sejm finally adopted the amendment to the Labor Code in the field of sobriety control and remote work. The revolution awaits this year.
- Higher subsidies for employers employing people with disabilities (3)
The government plans to increase funds for PFRON by over PLN 400 million annually. The increase in funds also means an increase in wage subsidies received by employers who employ people with disabilities.
- Recipes with commentary
- Determining the tasks of people managing employees (4)
In the case of employers with a complex organizational structure, people who manage employees are often a strategic middle level. The scope of their duties in the context of technical work safety is generally regulated by the Labor Code. However, determining the tasks of the managers is also the role of the health and safety service employees. In practice, such a situation may lead to disputes - especially if the OSH service wants to delegate some of its duties to drivers (or vice versa).
- Working conditions
- "Quiet quitting" - "quiet departure", a new trend (6)
We heard about the term "quiet departure" last July in social media, when the American TikTokker published a short video entitled "Work is not your life". The video quickly went viral and became the leitmotiv of the newly discovered "quiet quitting" trend. But contrary to the name, the term has nothing to do with quitting your job. So what is the departure?
- Work safety when using the crane (7)
Transporting heavy objects is an everyday part of the production process. Moving or lifting a product weighing several tons is a very responsible activity that requires a strict approach to all rules applicable in the workplace. A minor mistake of the operator or a technical defect of the machine can cause a deadly threat to himself and other employees in the vicinity. What are the rules for safe work with cranes?
- Questions and Answers
- Does the establishment need to have fire tank documentation? (10)
The owner/user of the tank should have complete documentation of the tank issued by its manufacturer.
- Does a sewage truck have to have a tachograph (10)
The working time of a vacuum truck driver does not have to be settled using a tachograph.
- What are the differences between the accident card and the post-accident report (11)
The accident card is a document drawn up in the event of an accident of persons who are not employees, but who suffered an accident during the period of accident insurance.
- Is work in a 1 m deep excavation work in a confined space (12)
Excavations are not confined spaces. The concept applies to buildings, manholes, manholes, pipes, etc. There is no concept of confined space, only the concept of a confined space.
- Does the employer's "own use" machine need a declaration of conformity (13)
Placing on the market (on the market) or putting into service the machine made in the plant for own needs is subject to the procedures referred to in the regulation on the essential requirements for machinery.
- Subject of the number
- Control of remote work after changes to the Labor Code (14)
Providing work outside the workplace causes the employee's control to become limited. The supervisor cannot simply come to the employee's home and check whether the employee is doing the job. However, remote work does not preclude control at all. The provisions of the Labor Code, amended at the end of last year, defined the rules for conducting such an inspection.
- Social Labor Inspectorate (SIP)
- Rights of juvenile workers under the control of SIP (18)
The right, but at the same time the duty of the social labor inspector, is to control compliance with the provisions of the labor law, in particular when work is performed by juveniles. In this case, there is something to control and supervise. There are a lot of protective regulations aimed at ensuring proper working conditions for juveniles in the context of safety and proper development. What role does the social labor inspector play in this task?
- Jurisprudence
- Working in a building cannot be working in the open (20)
A working room with a temperature lower than the permissible temperature cannot be considered as working in an unheated room or in the open air.
- OHS training - experts answer
- Automotive vehicle diagnostics - what kind of training group is this (22)
The diagnostician is not a mechanic - he does not repair cars, he only checks the technical condition and parameters of the vehicle, operates measuring devices and a computer. Therefore, he does not belong to the group of blue-collar workers.
- Can an occupational health and safety specialist from outside the plant conduct on-the-job training (23)
If the employer cannot conduct on-the-job safety training and there is no other person from the managerial staff who could carry out this training, the employee cannot be allowed to work.
- Is the employee subject to health and safety training after transferring to another company (24)
It is the new employer's responsibility to ensure safe and hygienic working conditions.
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