- News
- Employee's personal files and documentation concerning remote work (3)
It has become the practice of many employers to separate a separate subpart in their personal files, in which they collect documents related to remote work. Is it possible for it to be kept in electronic form if the employer keeps "paper" personal files? The Ministry of Labor addressed the problem.
- Status of juvenile workers during the epidemic - the ministry explains (3)
What doubts about the status of juvenile workers during the epidemic were raised by entrepreneurs? How to classify the status of juvenile employees undergoing vocational training, released from the obligation to perform work under the provisions of the anti-crisis shield? How to grant leave to young employees? Check what answers were given in this regard by the Ministry of Labor at the request of the entrepreneurs ombudsman.
- The new interpretation of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) on the processing of data on the health of employees (4)
Data on health is a special category of data. What regulations govern the processing of special categories of personal data in the case of employees? For example, is the provision of Art. 15r of the anti-crisis shield may constitute the basis for the processing of personal data of employees for purposes related to the implementation of a public procurement? Check what results in this respect for employers from the latest interpretation of the Office for Personal Data Protection.
- New proposal for an EU directive on equal pay for men and women for equal work (5)
The European Commission has announced the introduction of the Pay Transparency Directive. When applying its provisions, the employer will have to inform about the proposed remuneration already at the stage of the job advertisement. Moreover, employees will be able to request information about the wage structure during employment. Get to know the details of the planned solutions.
- Recipes with commentary
- Basic problems with providing the required amount of water for firefighting purposes (6)
Polish law precisely defines the basic parameters regarding the amount of water available for external fire fighting. However, you need to be aware of the high costs - not only financial - of using water as the main medium for extinguishing fires. On a global scale, it is a huge, irretrievable loss. So what are the main problems with providing the required amount of water to fight fires? Is it possible to minimize the water demand for firefighting purposes?
- COVID-19 and OHS
- 14 practical solutions to reduce the coronavirus in the workplace (9)
The data presented by the Minister of Health in the last survey show that 50% of coronavirus cases are identified in workplaces. This fact means that health and safety procedures in companies and public institutions leave much to be desired. So what to do to more effectively minimize the risk of coronavirus infection in the workplace and limit the spread of this virus?
- Risk assessment
- Formwork carpenter on the construction site - identification and characterization of work environment factors (10)
Occupational risk is the probability of occurrence of undesirable events related to the work performed, causing losses, in particular the occurrence of unfavorable health effects of employees as a result of occupational hazards occurring in the work environment or the manner of performing work . We present the factors of the working environment at the formwork carpenter on the construction site. The material takes into account the threat of coronavirus.
- Court case law
- The verdict will replace the employment contract - a landmark judgment of the Supreme Court (14)
If the employer has not complied with the provisions of Art. 53 § 5 of the Labor Code, the obligation to establish an employment relationship with a former employee (e.g. by signing an employment contract), a court judgment issued in a case filed by an employee for the performance of this obligation replaces the drawing up of an employment contract and thus results in establishing employment relationship. This is the result of the Supreme Court's judgment of December 10, 2019.
- Accidents at work
- An accident during a nursing break (15)
An employee who gave birth to a child may take breaks for breastfeeding after returning to work. The Labor Code stipulates that an employee who is breastfeeding her child has the right to two half-hour breaks at work, included in the working time. But what if, with the consent of the employer, an employee went on a break to feed a child and got into a road accident on the way back by car. Can such an event be considered an accident at work?
- Accident analysis - a collective accident at work in a self-propelled lift basket (16)
The article presents an analysis of an accident at work that occurred while working in a mobile lift platform during the replacement of an overhead LV power line. What exactly happened and what were the causes of the accident in the opinion of the labor inspector?
- Whether an accident register should be signed (17)
The template of the accident register does not provide for writing by the employer or anyone else. However, in the header of the register, it is worth entering the name of the employer and the year for which current accidents are entered, e.g. "Register of accidents at work at XYZ in 2021".
- The subject of the issue
- The importance of the ergonomic factor in an accident investigation (18)
Any workstation that does not meet the requirements of occupational health and safety regulations cannot be treated as a safe position. In this article, we explain the doubts and, at the same time , the monstrous thesis that ergonomic conditions should be taken into account when examining the circumstances of accidents at work. After all, it is a non - allergenic machine or a workplace that can be one of the causes of an accident at work, most often the so-called a primary cause that is not always visible during routine workplace inspections. Unfortunately, as practice shows, the ergonomic factor is often overlooked in a post-accident investigation.
- Health and safety service - 22 tasks
- Presenting to the employer conclusions regarding the observance of ergonomic requirements at workplaces (22)
Proper organization of workstations should take into account not only the provisions and principles of health and safety, but also the principles of ergonomics. Irregularities related to the broadly understood ergonomics of work processes should be reported to the employer - the role of the health and safety service is then to submit applications regarding the observance of ergonomic requirements at workplaces. It is worth considering the recommendations of the health and safety service included in such applications, before the failure to maintain the appropriate level of ergonomics is noticed by the labor inspector.
- Health and safety instructions
- Safety instructions for the folding machine (23)
- Questions and Answers
- When an employer may send an employee to another job (24)
Temporary assignment of work other than that specified in the employment contract for a period not exceeding 3 months in a calendar year without changing the employment contract is permissible in cases justified by the employer's needs.
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