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Act on amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Employment Contract Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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9 May 2022

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26 October 2022

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The draft improves the organization and quality of the occupational health service and the cooperation between employers and occupational health doctors in order to ensure a safe working environment and prevent work-related health problems. According to the draft, the employer must in the future organize the provision of occupational health services in such a way that the company's occupational health situation as a whole is analyzed together with it. This means an occupational health doctor in addition to the previous organization of employee health checks by analyzing the company's occupational health situation and making proposals to improve working conditions, as well as advising employers on improving the working environment and giving recommendations to employees to improve their health. The changes promote a systematic approach to occupational health in companies, which helps to improve the working environment, protect the health of employees and prevent employee health problems. This in turn reduces the costs for employers that are involved with employees getting sick and absent from work. The bill also stipulates the obligations of the employer and the employee in ensuring a safe working environment in case of remote work. The bill regulates the processing of employee health data if it is necessary to ensure occupational health and safety. The processing of the employee's health data may be necessary to mitigate health risks caused by chemical and biological hazards, to organize occupational health services, the employee to detect alcohol intoxication, investigate work accidents and occupational diseases. Since none of the mentioned obligations is new, the employer's rights are not essentially extended, but the processing of health data is made clearer for the parties. In addition, the bill proposes changes that will reduce the administrative burden on employers in the investigation of work accidents and occupational diseases. Employers will be given the opportunity to compile and store work accidents and occupational disease investigation reports, which reduces the administrative burden associated with the preparation, transmission and storage of paper documents.

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