What rights do grassroots unions have in occupational safety and health work?
(Baonghean.vn) - Question: What rights and responsibilities does the grassroots trade union have in occupational safety and hygiene (OSH) at the enterprise? Does the grassroots trade union have the right to manage and guide the activities of the network of safety and hygiene workers at the enterprise?
Reply:
According to Article 10 of the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene, the rights and responsibilities of grassroots trade unions in labor safety and hygiene work are stipulated as follows:
1. Participate with employers in developing and monitoring the implementation of plans, regulations, rules, procedures, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health, and improve working conditions.
2. Represent the collective of employees in negotiating, signing and supervising the implementation of occupational safety and health provisions in the collective labor agreement; responsible for assistingworkers(Employees) file complaints and lawsuits when their legitimate rights and interests are violated.
3. Dialogue with employers to resolve issues related to the rights and obligations of employees and employers regarding occupational safety and health.
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Grassroots trade unions have the right to supervise the implementation of plans, regulations, rules, procedures, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health. Illustrative photo. |
4. Participate and coordinate with employers to organize inspections of occupational safety and health; supervise and require employers to comply with occupational safety and health regulations; participate and coordinate with employers to investigate occupational accidents and supervise the settlement of regimes, vocational training and job placement for victims of occupational accidents and diseases.job.
5. Recommend to employers, competent agencies and organizations to implement measures to ensure occupational safety and health, overcome consequences of technical incidents causing occupational safety and health loss, occupational accidents and handle violations of occupational safety and health laws.
6. Propaganda and mobilize employees and employers to properly implement legal regulations, standards, procedures, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health at the workplace. Coordinate with employers to organize occupational safety and health training for union officials and employees.
7. Require responsible persons to immediately implement measures to ensure occupational safety and health, including temporarily suspending operations if necessary, when detecting workplaces that pose a risk to the health and lives of employees.
8. Participate in the grassroots labor accident investigation team as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 35 of this Law; participate and coordinate with employers to respond to and overcome the consequences of technical incidents causing loss of occupational safety and health and labor accidents; in case the employer fails to fulfill the reporting obligation as prescribed in Article 34 of this Law, the grassroots trade union shall be responsible for immediately notifying the competent state management agency as prescribed in Article 35 of this Law to conduct an investigation.
9. Coordinate with employers to organize emulation movements and mass movements for occupational safety and health and build a culture of occupational safety at the workplace; manage and guide the activities of the safety and hygiene network.
10. For production and business establishments that have not yet established a grassroots trade union, the trade union at the level directly above the grassroots level shall exercise the rights and responsibilities prescribed in this Article when requested by the employees there.
Thus, managing and guiding the operation of the safety and hygiene network at the enterprise is the right and responsibility of the enterprise.Grassroots trade unions.
LEGAL POLICY AND LABOR RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
NGHE AN PROVINCE LABOR FEDERATION
(Tel: 09 1974 2006; 0375 037 037)
