Responsibility of an Employer for Workers Health & Safety

Описание: Responsibility of an Employer for Workers Health & Safety
"Employer's Basic Responsibilities Under ILO C155 and R164"
Article 10 of R164.

First off, Article 16 of C155 outlines that
1. Employers must ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that workplaces, machinery, equipment, and processes are safe and pose no health risks. This means regular checks and maintenance should be a routine part of your business operations.
2. Employers are required to ensure these are without risk to health when proper protection measures are taken. It’s all about controlling and managing risks effectively."
3. Employers to provide adequate protective clothing and equipment to prevent, as much as possible, any risk of accidents or adverse effects on health.


As per ILO Recommendation - 164

The obligations placed upon employers with a view to achieving the objective set forth in Article 16 of the Convention might include, as appropriate for different branches of economic activity and different types of work, the following:
(a) to provide and maintain workplaces, machinery and equipment, and use work methods, which are as safe and without risk to health as is reasonably practicable;
(b) to give necessary instructions and training, taking account of the functions and capacities of different categories of workers;
(c) to provide adequate supervision of work, of work practices and of application and use of occupational safety and health measures;
(d) to institute organisational arrangements regarding occupational safety and health and the working environment adapted to the size of the undertaking and the nature of its activities;
(e) to provide, without any cost to the worker, adequate personal protective clothing and equipment which are reasonably necessary when hazards cannot be otherwise prevented or controlled;
(f) to ensure that work organisation, particularly with respect to hours of work and rest breaks, does not adversely affect occupational safety and health;
(g) to take all reasonably practicable measures with a view to eliminating excessive physical and mental fatigue;
(h) to undertake studies and research or otherwise keep abreast of the scientific and technical knowledge necessary to comply with the foregoing clauses.

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