Fundamentals of occupational health and safety for works councils
Healthy work environment, healthy establishment
Occupational health and safety is one of the key areas of co-determination for works councils. In this training course, you can examine your role and your capacity for action as a works council member, especially with regard to the numerous health hazards and ever-increasing workloads that employees face. Examples of healthy working conditions will be presented, and we’ll aim to provide solutions to the specific occupational health problems faced by our participants.
This course provides basic legal knowledge that every works council member needs according to the jurisdiction of the German Federal Labour Court. For this reason, participation in this training course is covered by paid release regulations per § 37 (6) BetrVG.
The training course at a glance:
- The responsibilities, rights and scope for action possessed by the works council, the disabled employees’ representatives (SBV), and the health and safety committee
- Labour – Health – Sickness: Background knowledge; societal trends
- Starting points for implementing health and safety measures
- Occupational health and safety: Stakeholders, competencies, cooperation
- Overview of the most important occupational health and safety regulations
- Risk assessment according to § 5 ArbSchG
- Overview of the concepts of “good work”, prevention, health management, and health promotion
- A systematic approach to occupational health and safety activities, with best practice examples
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Zielgruppe
Works council members -
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen
Attendance of the training course "Getting started ..." -
Freistellung
Section 37 Article 6 Works Constitution Act
What are the main health hazards in any work environment?
Labour – Health – Sickness: Background knowledge; societal trends
Health risks – resilience – sickness
Changes in the world of work; changing demands for occupational health and safety
Modern occupational health and safety: Protective goals, principles and methods, and prevention mandate
Occupational health and safety legislation: Introduction and overview
Dual occupational health and safety system, accident insurance institutions/occupational compensation associations, federal occupational health and safety administration, and public health insurance
Occupational health and safety management within the company: Distribution of responsibilities, cooperation between stakeholders, and management principles (employer, occupational health and safety committee, medical officer/company doctor, occupational health and safety specialist, and safety inspectors)
Tasks regarding occupational health and safety
Risk assessment according to § 5 ArbSchG: From analysis to monitoring efficacy (brief introduction)
Physical and mental health hazards
The tasks and role of the works council members who monitor occupational health and safety
Participation and co-determination rights; the works council’s scope for action
Works council participation in the occupational health and safety committee
The role of the employees regarding occupational health and safety; their rights and duties
Occupational health management (brief introduction)
The participation of those affected as experts in their own right; workplace health promotion (brief overview)
Index „Gute Arbeit“ (brief overview)
Occupational health and safety initiatives from select works councils
A systematic approach to occupational health and safety activities
Termine
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