IMMERSION rights and duties Flashcards
Act Strengthening Compliance with
Occupational Safety and Health Standards and
providing penalties for Violations Thereof.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 110581
RA 110591 Section 1 tells that
The State affirms labor
as a primary social and economic force, and
that a safe and healthy workforce is integral
part. The State shall ensure a safe and
healthful workforce for all working people by
affording them a full protection against all
hazards in their work environment.
Chapter III Section 4 of this R.A 110581
states the
Duties and Rights of
Employers, Workers and Other Persons
Duties of Employers
- Furnish workers a place of employment free from hazardous conditions
- Give complete job safety instructions or orientation to all workers esp first time
- Inform workers of hazard associated with their work, health risks involved or to which they are exposed to
- Use only approved devices and equipment for the workplace
- Comply with OSH Standards including training, medical examination and where necessary provision of protective and safety devices such as ppe and machine guards
- Allow workers and their safety and health representatives to participate acitively
- Provide where necessary, for measure to deal with emergencies and accidents
Duties of the Workers
every worker shall participate in compliance with OSH standards in the workplace.
Worker shall make use of proper protection and that of others, and shall observe instructions to prevent accident or imminent danger situations in the workplace
Worker shall observe prescribed steps to be taken in case of emergency
Worker shall report to the supervisor any work hazard that may encountered in the workplace
Duties of Other Persons
- It shall be duty to comply with the provisions of this Act and in any regulations issued by Sec of labor and Employment
- Whenever 2 or more undertakings are engaged in activities simultaneously in one workplace, it shall be the duty of all engaged to collaborate in the application of OSH standards and regulations
Workers’ rights
- Workers’ Right to Know
- Workers’ Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
- The Right to Report Accidents
- Workers’ Right to PPE
The right to safety and health at work shall be guaranteed. All workers shall be appropriately informed by the employer about all types of hazards in the workplace, provided access to training and education on chemical safety, and no orientation on the data sheet of chemical safety, electrical safety mechanical safety and ergonomical safety
Workers’ Right to Know
The workers has the right of refusal to work without threat or reprisal from the employer if, as determined by the DOLE, an imminent danger situation exits at the workplace that may result in illness, injury or death corrective actions to eliminate the danger that have not undertaken by the employer
Workers’ Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
Workers and their representatives shall have the right to report accidents, dangerous occurrences, and hazards to the employer, to the DOLE and to other concerned government agencies exercising jurisdiction as the competent authority in the specific industry or economic activity
The Right to Report Accidents
Workers right to personal protective equipment
Every employer, contractor or subcontractor, if any, shall provide his workers free of charge protective equipment for their eyes come a face, hands and feet, and lifeline, safety built or harness, gas or dust respirators or mask, and protective shields whenever necessary by reason of the hazardous work process or environment, chemical, radiological, mechanical and other irritants or hazards capable of causing injury or impairment in any part of the body through absorption all PPE should be of the appropriate type as tested and approved by the DOLE
refers to not discussing internal goings-on with co-workers.
refers to not
sharing trade secrets and other company information with
competitors, the press or anyone outside of your company.
Confidentiality
Casual Definition of Confidentiality
If you repeat confidential statements made by co-workers, even if the original source doesn’t hear about your gossip, the people you tell might lose respect for you and no longer trust you. If you gossip with customers, they might tell your competitors, who will be less likely to hire you in the future. Examples of breaking casual, confidential communications are:
1.repeating a co-
worker’s opinion of his boss,
2.revealing the fact that a peer is interviewing with another company,
3.forwarding a confidential email from one employee to another,
4.sharing information, you overhead others discussing or passing
around a document you found that wasn’t intended for others.
Legal Definition of Confidentiality
Once you become an employee or worker, you may have access toinformation for your company such as salaries, employee perks, clientlists, trade secrets, sales numbers, customer information, news aboutpending terminations, reasons for a firing, phone codes or computerpasswords
. Your employers don’t want the employees to divulge or reveal
them to others when you are still working or even when you are leaving thecompany. There instances that they will ask the employees to sign aconfidentiality agreement to keep the secrets even if they leave already.
Legal Examples:
As an employee or worker, you must not divulge the following information:
- recipes
- research
- financial information,
- patents
- website traffic statistics
- customer lists
- computer and building security information.
- production processes - companies that collect data on customers cannot share this information with other companies unless it informs customers in advance, such as when businesses share email lists. Personnel information is confidential, and information in an employee’s file, such as social security number,
salary, health records, disciplinary actions and termination reason can’t
be discussed with other employees.
T or F. Divulging inside
information can damage
your former employer,
allowing them to sue you to recover those
damages.
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