The ILO has adopted more than 40 standards dealing specifically with occupational safety and health, as well as more than 40 codes of conduct. About half of the ILO instruments deal directly or indirectly with occupational safety and health issues. Article 38, section II; Article 40, Section VII, and Articles 43 to 47 of the Federal Act on Metrology and StandardizationThe labour authorities have the power to issue the NOM according to their powers, in order to determine, among other things, the health, safety and hygiene conditions to be respected in the workplace and the drafting process. Modification and publication thereof. This latest decree puts a total spin on occupational health and safety in the country, as it implements the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHS-SG), formerly known as the Occupational Health and Safety Program. It must be implemented in all companies, whether they are those recruiting staff to provide services (civil, commercial or administrative), temporary employment agencies, social economy organisations and the cooperative sector. The new occupational safety and health of the ILI should become the guiding principle of a policy that will be monitored and continuously improved, as mentioned by the Ministry of Labour. The ILO Constitution establishes the principle that workers should be protected against diseases in general or occupational diseases and accidents resulting from their work. For millions of workers, however, this is far from a reality.
According to the ILO`s latest global estimates, 2.78 million work-related deaths occur each year, of which 2.4 million are due to occupational diseases. In addition to the immense suffering this inflicts on workers and their families, the economic costs to businesses, countries and the world as a whole are enormous. Losses related to compensation, work losses, production stoppages, training and retraining, and healthcare costs account for approximately 3.94% of global GDP (see World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2018). For employers, this means costly early retirement, loss of skilled workers, absenteeism and high insurance premiums. However, these tragedies could be prevented through rational methods of prevention, reporting and inspection. ILO OSH standards provide governments, employers and workers with the necessary tools to develop such methods and ensure the highest level of safety at work. Working with SGS to audit and accredit your health and safety certification promotes a safe and healthy working environment. It also improves employee safety and the quality of their work environment, while demonstrating compliance with applicable legal requirements. Product Standards: • There are six standards for fire-extinguishing equipment and three for personal protective equipment.
The first three categories are mandatory in workplaces engaged in production, marketing, transport and storage activities or providing services, depending on the characteristics of the activities they carry out and the raw materials, products and by-products handled, transported, processed or stored. The fourth category provides for its mandatory application in undertakings belonging to the specific sectors or activities to which these provisions relate. Finally, the fifth category includes businesses that manufacture, distribute or distribute firefighting equipment and personal protective equipment. Establishes the operation of occupational health programs in companies. Workers have the right to be transferred from one job to another with a lower risk, without prejudice to their remuneration or category for as long as it exists, and must be trained for this purpose, unless they suffer from permanent absolute incapacity. The employer applies an occupational health and safety management system that is mandatory for employers in all economic and service sectors; It also includes all employers and employees who are subject to the private activity labour regime at the national level; employees and public servants; Workers of the armed forces and the national police of Peru as well as self-employed workers. Amendment of the regulation on protection against falls from a height. Under Article 134, Sections II and X of the Federal Act on Labour and Social Security, the employee is obliged to comply with the provisions on safety, health and the working environment contained in the regulations and in the NOM, as well as the provisions indicated by employers for their safety and personal protection, and to submit to medical examinations, internal regulations and other regulations applicable in the enterprise or establishment. are provided. check that they do not suffer from a disability or a contagious or incurable occupational disease. In all workplaces, companies are required to ensure the safety and health of their employees through the prevention of occupational risks in order to avoid accidents and diseases resulting from workers` duties, which can affect their quality of life.
In order to achieve this objective, they must comply with a regulatory framework for occupational safety and health consisting of various principles contained in the Political Constitution, the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, the Federal Labour Act, the Federal Act on Metrology and Standardization, and the Federal Ordinance on Occupational Safety and Health. as well as in the Mexican Official Standards (NOM). Article 123, section “A”, section XV of the Supreme LawThe employer is obliged, depending on the nature of his negotiation, to comply with the legal requirements relating to health and safety in the premises of his enterprise and to take appropriate measures to prevent and thus organize accidents in the use of machinery, instruments and work equipment. This is the greatest guarantee of workers` health and lives. implement the necessary improvement measures to ensure the safety and health of workers. (Act) Under article 132, section XVI of the Federal Labour and Social Security Act, the employer is obliged to establish and operate factories, workshops, offices, premises and other places where the work is to be carried out, in accordance with the provisions of the regulations and the NOM on safety, health and the working environment. prevent accidents and occupational diseases and take preventive and corrective measures established by the Labour Authority. It determines the creation and operation of medical, health and occupational safety committees in companies. ILO codes of conduct provide practical guidance to governments, employers, workers, enterprises and OSH authorities (e.g. occupational safety committees). They are not legally binding instruments and are not intended to replace the provisions of national legislation; always according to recognized standards.