Circular No. 19/2016/TT-BYT , guidelines for occupational health and safety management
Occupational health and safety management covers:
a) Record making and updating;
b) Workplace monitoring;
c) Provision of health examination before employees start work, periodic examination for occupational disease detection and occupational disease periodic checkups.
d) Workplace hazards prevention, control and mitigation;
dd) Hygienic-related disease prevention, food safety and occupational health improvement;
e) Fulfillment of hygienic works and utilities in workplaces;
g) Provision of first-aids and emergency services in workplaces in case occupational accidents occur and necessary medical equipment for first-aid and emergency treatment.
Every business establishment shall prepare an annual occupational health and safety management plan which is incorporated into the occupational health and safety plan.
Requirements for occupational health and safety:
1. Occupational health management and occupational disease prevention shall be applied as the worker is employed and during their working time in the workplace.
2. Employers shall assign, recruit or allocate employees to take on responsibilities with the consideration of employee’s health and the following requirements:
a) The employer shall not allocate employees suffering from occupational diseases to work in positions where they must come into contact with occupational hazards which are beyond the control or mitigation;
b) The employer should not assign/allocate those suffering from chronic diseases to take on tasks that contain hazards which may affect their diseases. Where it is unavoidable, the employer shall provide the assigned employee who suffers from chronic disease with a detailed explanation about health hazards and shall assign tasks only after obtaining the employee’s written consent.
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This Circular enters into force from August 15, 2016.
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