Modern requirements for the organisation of occupational safety and health activities in 2024, taking into account the latest legislative changes, were discussed at a large-scale regional seminar.
Deputy Chairman of the regional executive committee Vyacheslav Durnov reminded that the additional social guarantee – exemption of employees during medical examinations with retention of average earnings, which appeared in the Labour Code from January 1 this year, is not accidental.
Due to the presence of advanced diseases in employees, about 60 people died at work in recent years, and 79 last year. The creation of additional conditions for examinations is one of the measures to prevent the development of chronic diseases and mortality.
The procedure for conducting medical examinations of the adult and child population was detailed by Svetlana Guriev, Head of Branch No. 1 of Polyclinic No. 1 of the Vitebsk City Central Polyclinic.
Sergey Anufriev, First Deputy Head of the regional department of the State Labour Inspectorate Department, explained the changes in the Rules for the Investigation and Record-Keeping of Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases.
Source: vitebsk-region.gov.by