- 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. The above amendment to the Labor Code has been in force since February 21, 2023. Legal basis and types of preventive examinations of employees The basic source of law in the field of occupational health protection is the Act of June 26, 1974 - Labor Code (LC), which regulates the rights and obligations of the parties to the employment relationship. Article 229 of the Labor Code is the basic, general regulation of Polish law in the field of preventive examinations of employees. It specifies the types of preventive examinations to which the employee is subject, as well as the general rules for their provision. Article 229 § 8 of the Labor Code contains an authorization for the legislator to issue executive regulations regarding preventive health check-ups of employees. On the basis of the above statutory delegation, the Minister of Health issued the regulation of 30 May 1996 on the conduct of medical examinations of employees, the scope of preventive health care for employees and medical certificates issued for the purposes provided for in the Labor Code, hereinafter referred to as the regulation of 1996. - Knowledge
Knowledge is an acquired thing, said one student, picking up his lecture notes. What is knowledge? No expert can fully explain this. However, one thing is certain: knowledge is an inseparable, intangible component of human reality. Without it, a person is unable to function reasonably or effectively (Stefanowicz 2013). - Changes in information on employment conditions
In the last few issues of Atest, we discussed changes in labor law resulting from the implementation of the provisions of Directive 2019/11521 into the Polish legal system. These changes also apply to information on employment conditions, i.e. the so-called supplementary information, the content of which has been significantly expanded. - Building the resilience of an organization on the example of a university
Business continuity management in connection with the crisis situation at the university and risk management. Business Continuity (BC) focuses on an organization's ability to resume its most urgent/priority activities after an event/crisis occurs - at an acceptable, pre-defined level. A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a document that provides information to help an organization respond to disruptions in a planned manner, and then resume operations, processes, and services in accordance with predetermined business continuity objectives. - Identification and analysis of psychosocial risks during organizational transformation and good practices of internal communication based on the idea of inclusive leadership
I consider sensitizing all people in the organization to the quality of communication as a key building block of the entire organizational culture. Each of us is an individual value, having its own life story, often based not only on good experiences. We have different personalities, different values, different beliefs, we see reality a little differently. And everyone has the right to live in harmony with themselves and what they believe in. The task of building a high-quality organizational culture belongs not only to the people managing the organization. This is a task for each of us. There is room here for learning from mistakes, testing different paths, checking what suits us, what we are good at and what we are not. In a word, it is a process. The process of continuous improvement of the organization's quality. - We invite you to the 14th ATEST conference in Krakow in November
Ad hoc safety measures, putting out fires (because an accident, PIP inspection, a claim for damages...), if they bring any effect, it's only in the short term. In activities aimed at ensuring safety and health at work, systemic solutions are needed. It is necessary to manage these areas - their skilful embedding in the process of overall company management, defining goals and ways to achieve them, defining the rules of constant contact with employees and methods of influencing their behavior and attitudes. This year, the conference is dedicated to managing the safety and health of employees - we invite you to discuss this topic and share good practices. - The impact of "Long Covid" on employees and workplaces and the role of OSH
COVID-19 can cause symptoms that persist in some infected people for weeks or even months after the original infection has cleared. This phenomenon, known as Long Covid, is having a significant impact on workers and workplaces, with implications for occupational health and safety (OSH). This discussion paper outlines the challenges of preventing and addressing the risks posed by Long Covid to workers, and examines measures that can be taken at policy, research and implementation levels to mitigate the effects of Long Covid. It also underlines the importance of addressing these issues to protect against potential future pandemics. - OSH employee personal brand – what is it and what are its benefits?
If we want to achieve success in the professional field and develop our career, building a personal brand is essential these days. A professional, however, does not have to be an Internet star or shine in salons like a celebrity. Personal branding can only help to strengthen the image based on strong foundations in the form of excellent professional competences. Personal branding is the most important brand in our lives. This is the brand on which we base our professional position. Working for your name means long-term and strategic self-management. - BeNiSz conference and seminar at the University of Gdańsk
The University of Gdańsk and ATEST – Labor Protection are pleased to invite you to: 1st Conference of the University of Gdańsk entitled "Safety and Health at Work", which will take place on September 27 this year. It will take place from 09:00-15:00 and is free of charge. - On the organization, conditions and safety in the working environment of farmers from the mid-19th century 19th to mid 19th century 20th century (part 2)
The working conditions of peasants in the Polish territories under partition are not the dominant trend in historical research. This is not changed even by the fashion for publications in the field of so-called folk history of Poland. In this "people's turn" of the current Polish historiography, there is no trace of searching how the working conditions of peasants, almost 90 percent of the then population of the Polish lands in the 19th and early 20th centuries, influenced their national or social consciousness. We continue our reflections on the working environment of farmers from issue 6/2023. - Polish versions of standards for protective clothing harmonized with Regulation 2016/425/EU
Last and this year, the Polish Committee for Standardization published a number of standards specifying the requirements for protective clothing harmonized with Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC. PN-EN ISO 13688:2013-12/A1:2022-02 standard Protective clothing. General requirements was published on April 17, 2023, consists of 16 pages and introduces EN ISO 13688:2013/A1:2021. The document specifies general performance requirements in the field of ergonomics, harmlessness, size marking, aging process, compatibility and marking of protective clothing and information that should be provided by the manufacturer with the product. This standard is intended to be used only in conjunction with other performance-specific standards and cannot be used as a stand-alone reference document. PN-EN17353:2021-01 standard Protective clothing. High visibility gear for moderate risk situations. - OHS service forum in Warsaw
The Polish Association of OHS Service Employees, recognizing the need for discussion on the identification and dissemination of good practices in the field of improving occupational health and safety in the changing world of work, organizes the fifth edition of the National OHS Forum - under the slogan "Vision ZERO". The Forum will take place on September 14-15, 2023 in Warsaw. - Safety instructions for a high bay warehouse
In the ATEST 5/2022 magazine, we published an article by B. Ziędalski "I like health and safety instructions" on the general principles of creating health and safety instructions. In the issue 7-8/2022, an exemplary health and safety manual for computer use was published, i.e. for work occurring in all companies and institutions. We are currently posting instructions for a high-bay warehouse. When using these formulas, remember to adapt them to the specifics of your plant. The following article is also a supplement to the series of our health and safety lessons, devoted to the work of a warehouseman - a warehouse worker (the next parts of the series can be found in the numbers: 2, 3, 11/2020; 2, 4, 9, 12/2021; 3, 5, 10/2022; 1, 4/2023). All articles cited here are available in a digital version on the Technical Information Portal (www.sigma-not.pl). - New health and safety regulations and labor law
Review of legal provisions published in the Journal of Laws in 2023. 63. Regulation of the Minister of National Defense of 15 May 2023 on the fund for discretionary awards and allowances for professional soldiers (Journal of Laws, item 1034). Date of entry into force: July 1, 2023. 64. Ordinance of the Minister of Health of May 25, 2023 amending the ordinance on the list of alarm factors, registers of nosocomial infections and alarm factors, and reports on the current epidemiological situation of a hospital (Journal of Laws, item 1041) . Date of entry into force: June 1, 2023. 65. Ordinance of the Minister of Development and Technology of May 9, 2023 amending the ordinance on institutions authorized to issue opinions on the fulfillment of technical and organizational conditions for the manufacture and trade in explosives, weapons, ammunition and articles and technology for military or police purposes (Journal of Laws, item 1042). - The deadline for submitting a notice of dismissal without notice to the employee
Commencement of the time limit under Art. 52 § 2 k.p. is dictated by the relationship between the scope of the employer's knowledge and the premises justifying termination of employment. This means that the time limit will start to run from the moment when - objectively measured - the employer's knowledge of the employer allows him to assess whether the conditions contained in the phrase "serious breach of basic employee duties" have been met. Therefore, the employer should be aware of the unlawfulness of the employee's behavior (breach of basic duty), violation or (serious) threat to the interests of the employer, as well as fault. The period in question begins only from the end of the promptly and efficiently conducted internal verification procedure, especially when information about the employee's reprehensible behavior comes from the outside. - Slurry trucks
Our checklists allow you to check whether a specific machine or group of machines meets the safety requirements contained in regulations and standards. They are also a tool for occupational risk assessment when operating these machines; can be used as a source of information for health and safety instructions. Readers use them in different ways; also for training future machine operators. The next list concerns slurry tankers. Readers can find a list of lists published so far on the website www.atest.com.pl in the "Machines - checklist" tab (frame "Thematic cycles"). The digital version of most of these publications is available on the Technical Information Portal (www.sigma-not.pl).
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