PREDSTAVNIK ZAPOSLENIH ZA ZAŠTITU I ZDRAVLJE NA RADU U EPCG AD NIKŠIĆ

Abstract

Employee safety, protection and health in the workplace depend not only on technical facilities, equipment, top management, but also on the overall awareness of the employees about the importance of the Health and Safety at work. In Elektroprivreda Crne Gore - AD Nikšić (EPCG), in accordance with the Law on Ratification of the Convention of the International Labour Organization no. 135, on the protection and benefits provided to the workers’ representatives in the company, an Employee Representative was appointed for Health and Safety at the proposal of the relevant union organization in March 2016. For the purpose of this Convention, the term "workers' representatives" indicates persons who are recognized as such by the National laws or practice, regardless whether they are: a) union representatives, i.e. representatives appointed or elected by the union or members of those unions, or b) elected representatives, i.e. representatives chosen by the company's workers in accordance with the provisions of the national laws or regulations or collective agreements, whose functions do not include activities that are recognized as exclusive prerogative of unions in the respective country. The obligations of the Employer and the Employee Representative are specified in the Labour Law and the Law on Health and Safety at Work. The Employee Representative for Health and Safety in EPCG - AD Nikšić is obliged to prepare a report on Health and Safety in the company for the previous year by the end of the first quarter of the current year. The areas that are covered in the Report are: 1. Normative infrastructure, 2. Training of the employees for safe work performance, 3. Health examinations of the employees, 4. Injuries at work, 5. Means and equipment of collective and personal protection at work, 6. Assessment of the working environment conditions, 7. Health and Safety procedures, instructions and records in accordance with the IMS, 8. Protection and rescue, 9. Disinfection, disinsection, pest control, eradication (DDPE), 10. Inspection supervision. The report on the overall state of the Health and Safety at work is submitted in printed form to the top management of the company.