Health and Safety at Work A new approach changed the approach to health and safety at work by stating that . Employers are assisted in this task by a prevention and protection service manager, a and a . The employer has to create the . This function can be directly or by an internal of people chosen from among the employees, or through an external service. The main task of the Service is to cooperate with employees to through prevention and control, including providing information on the risk factors in the workplace. The workers’ representative is elected by the company’s employees and guarantees their rights. In companies where there are risks to the workers’ health, as in the case of workers managing toxic or polluting substances, the employer has to nominate a . Law 626/94 the employer has a general obligation towards the work force representative for workers’ safety qualified doctor Prevention and Protection Service carried out body improve the level of health and safety qualified doctor A new comprehensive law The This representative receives adequate training and has access to all areas of the workplace and any documentation relating to the safety of workers, and information from the safety services. The representative is also consulted before any programming, , nomination or designation directly involving safety and proposes new areas of prevention. Representatives can formulate observations during the inspection made by the safety organisations and participate in periodical company meetings on safety. They may also to the appropriate authorities whenever they believe that prevention measures and used are not adequate to guarantee the health and safety of the workers. Legislative Decree 81/2008, with 306 articles, introduced sanctions and redefined the role of the representative for workers’ safety. 1 assessment appeal 1 tools Later amendments The introduced some amendments and an agreement between the Central Government and the Regions, signed on 21st December 2011, which . Legislative Decree 106/2009 regulated training on safety for employers and employees WARM UP a. electricity b. fire c. chemicals The major risks at work are related to... MORE A "legislative decree" is the equivalent of a law made by the Government which is delegated by Parliament under certain circumstances. 1 DO In what type of situation do you think people can appeal? Choose all the right options. a. against a decision made by a court of law. b. to raise money for a donation. c. to re-sit an exam if you fail. 1