The Ministry of Labour issued letter PG/31983-03-3 reminding which financial penalties employers should expect if they breach occupational health and safety requirements.
In Russia, all organisations and facilities are required to have a first aid kit (Article 223 of the Labour code). What any first-aid kit is must contain, is regulated by Order No. 169n of 5 March 2011.
The requirements set out by this Order apply to the majority of employers. However, if a facility performs activities posing additional or specific professional risks, such facilities are required to supplement their first-aid kits with additional preparations that may be required in order to neutralize a specific harmful or hazardous agent.
What will be checked during a state labour safety inspection?
As of 27 January 2017 organisations are to undergo fire safety inspections in accordance with the revised procedure. The procedure was adopted by Order No. 644 of 30 November 2016 and applies to all types of organisations.
The procedure sets out requirements for fire safety inspections. It sets out duties and rights of state inspectors, the circumstances where a non-scheduled inspection is required, the requirements for the inspection reports, etc.
LawNo. 1728-VIII of 3 November 2016 extends the moratorium on scheduled state inspections of organisations by state authorities until 31 December 2017. The moratorium means that no organization is to be subject to any scheduled state inspection (e.g. checking compliance with environmental, occupational safety or another legislation). However, the moratorim does not apply to non-scheduled inspections of organisations.
Certain organisations in Ukraine are required to sign a contract with professional emergency response services.
As of 27 January 2017 organisations are to undergo fire safety inspections in accordance with the revised procedure. The procedure was adopted by Order No. 644 of 30 November 2016 and applies to all types of organisations.
As of 15 January 2017, employers are prohibited to send young workers (i.e those below 18 years of age) on business trips or to make them work overtime or at night. In addition, young workers must not work on weekends or during public holidays. This requirement excludes “creative” workers, those employed by mass media, theaters or concert organisations, provided that one of the worker’s parents or guardians has given their written consent and that the relevant state educational authority has also given its consent.
As of 24 December 2016, the revised edition of the Law on Labour Protection entered into force. The new edition introduces the new concept of “occupational safety audit”.
The revised version also explicitly permits to contract external OHS professionals to perform the functions of the OHS service at an organization with 50 or more employees.
Uzbekistan: published important draft occupational safety regulations
Uzbekistan has published drafts of seven regulations that have been developed as a set of measures aimed at the improvement of the occupational safety legal framework in the country
The following draft regulations were published:
Occupational exposure limits, HS management, health and safety training, H&S management, occupational safety rules
Environmental liability, waste management, air protection, water management, hazardous substances management, dangerous goods transportation, use of chemicals…
Cosmetics, food, electronics, chemicals, clothing, textiles, other consumer goods
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