EMPLOYMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS

Employment Responsibilities and rights in Health, Social Care or Children and Young People's Settings

Employment Responsibilities and rights in Health, Social Care or Children and Young People's Settings

Introduction

Employer's obligations include payment of the contribution of employees at your service, transfer the amount of contributions to the ARP on the deadlines stipulated in the Act, provision of comprehensive care for the health of workers and work environments. The obligations also include the responsibility to plan, implement and monitor compliance with the occupational health program of the company and seek funding; in addition to notifying the EPS and PRA work accidents and occupational diseases and registering with the Ministry of Social Protection the joint occupational health committee or occupational lookout, as appropriate. The employer has to facilitate the training of workers in charge of occupational health and inform the ARP to which it is affiliated, the news of their workers. The employer is also obliged to relocate to the worker as a result of an accident or illness is unable to perform the same tasks they did before the event. This relocation is also required when a particular health condition could worsen, regardless of the origin of it.

Discussion & Analysis

Ensure the protection of its employees health and safety. Ensure, for all workplaces under its responsibility to comply with legal requirements and federal, state and local laws including, the requirements of the Act on national health and safety. Bring to the attention of employees known and foreseeable risks posed to their workplace health and safety (Karr, 2008; Lane, 2003; McIntyre, 2008; Osigweh, 2009). Provide first aid equipment and establish a procedure so that the employee suffered an injury in the workplace can receive immediate first aid. Document work accidents, occupational diseases and other hazardous occurrences known to him. Ensure that at all times be appointed a representative for health and safety in the workplace and there is the required number of suitably qualified first aiders.

Failure to submit or late submission of the report of the accident or occupational disease or failure by the employer of the other obligations under this decree, the Technical Division of Occupational Hazards Ministry of Labour and Social Security may impose fines of up hundred (200) minimum monthly wages (Sack, 2010; Westin & Salisbury, 2000; Doctorow, 2010; Featherstone, 2004; Karr, 2008; McIntyre, 2008). The serious failure by the worker instructions, regulations and determinations of risk prevention, adopted at a general or specific, and are within occupational health programs of the respective companies, which have been communicated in writing, authorize the employer to terminate the relationship or employment relationship for cause, both for private workers to civil servants, with the authorization of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, respecting the right of defense.

From the above we reflect that the employment contract has a strong demonstration of discipline, organization and management integrated as part of the species of the contract. This allows the employer currently control all internal activity worker in the workplace, with the sole limitation of those rules that could violate the basic rights of workers, ...