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Ministry of Labor: labor protection instructions employer develops independently, depending on the specifics of its activities
October 5, 2016 /
Investment
occupational
safety instructions must be in each organization (each individual
entrepreneur). At the same time some mandatory form of such a document is not
present. With respect to any professions and types of jobs to approve the
instructions, and that it should include? The employer must answer these
questions on their own, depending on the specifics of their activities. Such
explanations are contained in a recent letter from the Ministry of Labor of
Russia 30.06.16 ¹ 15-2 / EGC-2373.
Officials are reminded that the employer is obliged to develop and approve the
rules and instructions on labor protection for workers, taking into account the
views of the trade union or other authorized body of employees in the procedure
established by Article 372 of the Labour Code for the adoption of local
regulations (Art. 212 of the Labour Code). From this provision it follows that
the procedure for the development of local acts, containing labor protection
requirements, including training programs for occupational safety rules and
occupational safety regulations in professions and types of work establishes
the employer in accordance with the specifics of their activities. Thus, the
employer determines what is necessary to develop instructions on labor
protection (based on the job, workers' occupations or kinds of work).