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Wiadomości PKN - Normalizacja (PKN News - Standarization) 2020/09

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  • Editorial (3)
  • News
    • IEC Approach to Energy Efficiency (4)
      IEC defines energy efficiency as the ratio of the output efficiency to the energy input. This includes: consuming less energy for the same efficiency, using the same energy to obtain better efficiency, or improving the conversion of energy into electricity.
    • Technology keeps the world connected (8)
      IECQ certification behind the technology has helped people stay connected during the isolation period.
  • From standardization work
    • Energy from water (12)
      Pierre Maruzewski was nominated as chairman of the IEC / TC 4 Hydro-turbines until the end of November 2026.In an interview he presents his forecasts for the hydroelectric sector for the coming years, as well as his priorities as the new chairman of a very active committee, on the occasion of one of the oldest in IEC.
    • Sleep tight, little one (16)
      A baby sleeping in a crib is probably the most beautiful view in the world. It is associated with peace and security. Probably every parent would like the place where the child is to be safe and that no elements of the child's environment would be a threat to him.
  • Technical Bodies - August (18)
  • Memories (20)

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Bezpieczeństwo Pracy - nauka i praktyka (Work Safety) 2020/09

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  • 70 mountain peaks for 70 years of CIOP-PIB (II cover page)
  • Letters to the Institute (2)
  • Operation with a large group of people. Interview with prof. dr hab. n. med. Danuta Koradecka, director of CIOP-PIB (6)
  • Milestones in the development of the Central Institute for Labor Protection (9)
  • The Labor Protection Council at the Parliament of the Republic of Poland debated
    • Work safety at construction sites (14)
      The August meetings of the Labor Protection Council were devoted to work safety on construction sites, including the operation of technical devices. This issue was presented in the materials prepared by the Office of Technical Inspection (UDT) and the National Labor Inspectorate (PIP).
  • Development of the "Safer" website supporting the prevention of physical hazards in the work environment (15)
    Physical factors harmful to health include, among others, noise, mechanical vibrations, electromagnetic field, non-laser optical radiation or the microclimate of the working environment. These factors are common in the work environment and, according to the data of the Central Statistical Office, create over 230,000 jobs each year. personal hazards. Exposure of employees to the harmful factors of the work environment is the cause of occupational diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to take preventive measures taking into account appropriate technical measures and organizational methods, in accordance with applicable law, reducing the exposure of employees to these factors, which will minimize the risk of adverse health effects.
  • Electrostatic phenomena in the work environment - hazard analysis and case study (18)
    The aim of this article is to build awareness of the risks caused by electrostatic discharge in the work environment. An explanation of the phenomenon was presented, indicating methods of generating an electric charge on the surface of physical objects. The division of the discharges was approximated, and selected types, sparking, corona, sheaf, spreading bundles were discussed. The analysis of actual events in which electrostatic discharge occurred in industrial conditions was carried out, along with the indication of the cause of the phenomenon and protective measures. the dangers that accompany the phenomenon of static electricity require the application of specific safety measures, as practice shows, neglect in this regard may cause huge losses, both in terms of health and life of employees, lost and damaged property, and the impact on the natural environment.
  • Poles' physical activity during remote work - presentation of the results of empirical research (22)
    The COVID-19 outbreak has turned the lives of societies around the world upside down. As a result of the announcement of the epidemic in Poland, and then the state of the epidemic, numerous restrictions were introduced that affected the lifestyle and work of Poles. As a result, overnight, many people's professional lives moved to home space, which began to be not only a home and workplace, but often also a school. For many people, the change in lifestyle and work was also associated with limiting physical activity. The article discusses the results of a study conducted by CIOP-PIB in April and May 2020 on shaping healthy working conditions and physical activity of people working at home
  • Local reports (27)
  • Work in the era of biohazards. 29th edition of the competition for the poster of occupational safety resolved (28)
    The theme of this year's occupational safety poster competition was biohazards. July 17 this year its 29th edition was concluded. Poster competition entitled "Biohazards Today" was organized by the Central Institute for Labor Protection - National Research Institute in cooperation with the Academies of Fine Arts in Krakow, Łódź and Warsaw.
  • Changes in law (30)

Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska(Environmental Protection News) 2020/10

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  • Subject of the issue: Manage kitchen and post-consumer waste in accordance with the law
    Kitchen waste is classified as bio-waste. Bio-waste is a broader concept than green waste, because in addition to green waste, this concept includes food and kitchen waste from households, catering establishments, collective catering establishments, retail trade units, as well as comparable waste from plants producing or placing food on the market.
  • How to calculate the sum insured under the new rules?
    In the draft ordinance of the Minister of Climate on the method of calculating the amount of the guarantee sum, the formula for calculating the guarantee amount does not differ from the one used so far. However, it has modified the method of determining the cost of neutralizing or recovering waste. Check what else has changed.
  • The act on investments in the field of counteracting the effects of drought is drafted
    The new act will introduce changes to the Water Law concerning, inter alia, reducing the threshold of the area from which the fee for the loss of natural land retention is calculated, as well as increasing the share of this fee in the revenues of communes with the condition of allocating part of these revenues to the development of retention. Details can be found below.
  • The government has prepared a draft regulation on the calculation of the energy intensity ratio
    The ordinance constitutes an executive act to the act of February 20, 2015 - on renewable energy sources (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 261) and regulates the method of calculating the intensity of electricity consumption for the purposes of qualifying a recipient as an industrial recipient.
  • Gas emission permit for mobile extraction
    Should a company that uses a mobile fan to extract compounds from the decomposition of polyoxymethylene (formaldehyde) obtain a permit to introduce gases or dust into the air? It should be mentioned that the above-mentioned the fan is used sporadically, only in the case of technological changes / tests (when the temperature rises and the material begins to decompose), and in the normal production cycle there is no need to use the above-mentioned fan (no formaldehyde emission). If a permit is required, how to classify this type of emitter: spot? How to determine its location (the same fan is used in different stations, depending on the needs)?
  • Several waste transporters - how to fill in the BDO
    Question: What to do if there are several entities transporting waste in BDO? Container taken over by various carriers, e.g. road transport from the production point to the container terminal, then rail transport?
  • I want to legalize a water device - what should I pay attention to?
    Question: We are operating a water facility without the required permit. Please let me know who can submit a legalization application? What requirements must the location of such a device meet?
  • Waste report in BDO - how to fill in
    Question: I would like to start doing a waste report for 2019 in the BDO system. And there, one of the sections in the Reports on generated waste and waste management tab is Waste electrical and electronic equipment. Do I have to fill in something there, or only in section XI I mention 16 02 14 as one of the codes of generated waste, and enter the weight and that's it? We manufacture components for the automotive industry, but we also generate waste in the form of used electrical equipment and pass it on.
  • 4 Trade Item Responsibilities
    Question: I run a commercial unit selling automotive parts, incl. batteries. I only buy goods in the country.

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Serwis Prawno-Pracowniczy (Legal and Work Service) 2020/17

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  • Subject of the month
    • How to set up a PUE ZUS information profile to obtain a travel voucher (12)
      ZUS Electronic Services Platform (PUE ZUS) is an application that allows access to services provided by the Social Insurance Institution. The condition for using the platform is having an account on it. Persons over 18 years of age can register at PUE ZUS. They may have the status of: insured, beneficiary or payer. In order for the account to be created, the identity of the person creating it is required.
  • Labor law
    • Job termination as a reason for termination of employment (16)
      Job liquidation is one of the reasons that justify the termination of an employee's employment contract. However, in the event that this is an apparent action aimed only at getting rid of the employee, the employer must take into account the obligation to re-employ him.
  • Salaries

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Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne (Work and Social Security) 2020/08

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  • Institutions and concepts of civil law and social insurance law (3-10)
    The article established that there is a relation of separateness and independence between social security law and civil law (autonomy of establishing and applying social security law in relation to civil law). It also considers the application of concepts and terms appearing in civil law under social insurance law, taking into account three possible situations: 1) provisions of social insurance law contain identical terms to those used in civil law and are clearly defined civilian pedigree, 2) in social insurance law there are terms similar to terms and concepts of civil law, 3) the regulation of social insurance law contains terms clearly different from the terms of civil law, but similar to them in terms of their functions or being synonyms in the Polish language.
  • Contractual or tort liability of the employer? - critical remarks in the margin of the article by A. Musiala (11-16)
    The author engages in a polemic with the position of Anna Musiala expressed in the article Employment relationship - basic issues (part 2): contractual or tort liability of the employer? Published in the issue 8/2019 of "Labor and Social Security". It indicates that the author's theses are analyzed in isolation from model issues and the resulting basic concepts. In his polemic, he also draws attention to the issue of protection of the employee's non-pecuniary claims in the concept of A. Musiał. In his opinion, the extension of the non-pecuniary damage model may destroy the compensatory nature of the pecuniary compensation.
  • Compulsory accident insurance (17-22)
    Accident insurance is intended to protect the insured in the event of inability to work as a result of an accident at work or an occupational disease, or of family members, in the event of his / her death resulting in the loss of the source of income. This raises the question of whether the title to accident insurance is related to the potential threat of insurance risk? The subjective scope of accident insurance reveals that it covers not only various forms of work performance, but also non-employment activities. However, in other situations when the risk of an accident at work or an occupational disease occurs, there is no accident insurance coverage.
  • The composition of the court in the case of an employee's claims for unjustified or unlawful termination of the employment relationship from the employer pursuant to Art. 415 of the Civil Code in connection with Art. 300 k.p. (23-31)
    The author discusses the significant issue, both from the theoretical and practical point of view, whether in the case of an employee's claims for unjustified or unlawful termination of the employment relationship brought against the employer pursuant to Art. 415 of the Civil Code (in connection with Art. 300 of the Code of Civil Procedure), and not on the basis of the Labor Code, the composition of the court specified in Art. 47 § 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure (i.e. the composition of one judge), or in Art. 47 § 2 point 1 letter a of the Code of Civil Procedure (i.e. the lay judge). In the judicature of the Supreme Court and common courts, there is a certain divergence of views on this issue. As it seems, the prevailing position is that a case concerning such claims is to be heard by a single judge.
  • Effects of adjudicated unconstitutionality for the calculation of the leave equivalent of service officers. Considerations in connection with the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal in case K 7/15 (32-40)
    The subject of the article is to discuss the legal consequences of the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal in the case K 7/15, which undermined the constitutionality of the existing rules for determining the amount of the cash equivalent for unused leave, due to a dismissed police officer. The legal gap resulting from the ruling and the related state of normative uncertainty, exacerbated by the legislator's inaction with regard to establishing new regulations, created numerous problems for the practice of applying the law. Currently, not only public administration bodies, but also administrative courts are facing them. The author tries to capture these problems and, referring to the theoretical model of the effects of the decisions of the constitutional court developed in science, indicates possible ways of solving them. The issues analyzed go beyond the simple consequences of the judgment, hence it is only a starting point for further considerations, in which specific methods of legal interpretation were used, including the concept of direct application of the constitution.
  • Protection of employees - other members of the immediate family, exercising parental rights, in the light of the amendment to the Labor Code of May 16, 2019 (41-48)
    The article presents the protective rights granted to employees-other members of the immediate family in the Act of May 16, 2019 amending the Act - the Labor Code and certain other acts.

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Aktualności BHP - Substancje Niebezpieczne (OSH News) 2020/57

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  • Storage of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals (1)
    Is the employer obliged to store chemical reagents classified as: GHS06 (acute toxicity category 1, 2 or 3), GHS07 (acute toxicity category 4, skin or eye irritation, skin sensitization), GHS08 (carcinogenic, mutagenic or effect on reproduction, the so-called CMR, toxic effect on critical organs in single or chronic exposure, respiratory sensitization) and drug precursors of category 2A (acetic anhydride) in containment, i.e. in a way that prevents their acquisition by unauthorized persons?
  • Working conditions
    • Work under exposure to asbestos in a facility taken over by a new employer (2)
      The provisions regulating the issue of occupational diseases do not specify the issue of the employer's liability in the event of the transfer of the workplace to a new employer - where the occupational exposure, significant in the context of the procedure for establishing an occupational disease, occurred at the employer who was taken over. It is difficult to talk about the responsibility in the field of technical safety of work for a new employer who does not work with asbestos. An increase in contributions (for accident insurance) can only be said when two consecutive inspections of the labor inspector have revealed gross deficiencies in the field of health and safety.
    • Measurements during work in exposure to the respirable fraction of crystalline silica (3)
      The employer is currently measuring the following factor: dusts containing free (crystalline) silica - inhalable fraction - respirable fraction - quartz, cristobalite. After the entry into force of the new provisions on NDS, are we obliged to carry out tests on all workplaces present in the plant, or on those that have been tested so far for dust? Can we wait until the deadline in the previous report to take the measurements, where the measurements were made before the change of regulations in September 2019?

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Aktualności BHP (OSH News) 2020/165 (09-10)

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  •  News
    • The new definition of mobbing may cause many problems (3)
      Work is underway to amend the Labor Code as regards the definition of mobbing. It is about extending it by a category that distinguishes the amount of remuneration according to gender. However, according to the expert, extending the definition of mobbing to include this issue already raises many doubts. Why?
    • Until when to use anti-crisis solutions (4)
      Some provisions of the anti-crisis shield will expire in early September. How does this affect the anti-crisis solutions? Which of them can still be used?
  • Recipes with commentary
    • Correct identification of the employer on the new model of the initial training card (6)
      It is the responsibility of every employer to provide employees with health and safety training, which should then be properly documented. Not only training programs are used for this, but in particular the initial training cards. Such a card, filled in in accordance with the applicable model, should contain the name of the employer. But the term - Employer's details - is not very precise. So what information should be included?
  • Court case law
    • The amount of compensation for an accident at work is influenced by the employee's joint liability (7)
      The employer's liability to the employee under Art. 430 of the Civil Code (liability for damage caused to third parties), the rule applies, which allows to determine the amount of compensation (compensation) due to the employee, taking into account the possible contribution of the injured employee to the damage.
  • The subject of the issue
    • Health and safety requirements at the position of a car tinsmith (8)
      The body shop is the place where the car body is repaired. The tinsmith's working conditions vary, depending on the type and nature of the works performed. Work usually takes place in a standing position, and the tinsmith works mostly in closed rooms. A car tinsmith is exposed to many harmful, burdensome and dangerous factors that have a direct impact on work safety. What minimum health and safety requirements should a body shop meet?
  • Questions & Answers
    • How to keep a record of workers exposed to biological agents (12)
      Is it possible to create a register once and then only every year add employees who start work? If it is a paper register, is it enough to add employees on a separate sheet or create a new register every year? What should the cooperation with the HR department look like, how should the staff inform the behaviorist about changes so that these records are kept well?
    • Do you have to pay Social Security contributions for the social labor inspector's salary (13)
      Should an employee pay social security and health insurance contributions on the additional remuneration received by an employee as a social labor inspector?
  • Employer Responsibilities
    • When an employee informs about contact with a person infected with coronavirus (14)
    • On what basis to process the employee's data in the certificate of disability (15)
      The disability certificate contains not only ordinary personal data, but also data of a special category - information about the disability and the symbol assigned to it. Who can access this information? And on what basis can the employer process them?
  • OHS training - questions and answers
    • Periodic training for managers. Can the employer be its organizer (16)
      Can the organizer of training for managerial staff only be an organizational unit conducting training activities in the field of OSH? Can the training be provided by the employer?
    • Periodic training for an employee in economic downtime. Is it possible (16)
      Can blue-collar workers who are currently in an economic downtime participate in periodic OSH training?

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Monitor Prawa Pracy (Labor Law Monitor) 2020/09

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  • News
    • Determining the working time by the employer and overtime
    • Changes in the law
    • Increase in the minimum wage to PLN 2,800
    • Assessment of the admissibility of employing a sole partner of a limited liability company under an employment contract
  • Articles
    • Restrictions on the rights of employees in Shield 4.0 - some reflections in the context of constitutional principles
    • Preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 - does Polish labor law “remember” about it?
    • Principles of material liability of employees for entrusted property
    • Performance of work outside the EU by an EU citizen residing in a Member State - determination of applicable social security legislation
    • Mutually agreed position of the representative trade union organizations in the event of the employer introducing changes to the remuneration regulations

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ATEST - ochrona pracy (Certificate - work protection) 2020/09

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  • Summer school for work at height (3)
  • ABC of OHS
    • In how wellbeing (4)
  • People and events
    • Memoirs of a labor inspector from 1972-1977 (part 6) (9)
    • Who is who in labor protection - Maciej Abramowicz (17)
  • Information
    • On an ongoing basis… (12)
    • Coronavirus time (34)
    • Memory about Andrzej Bądkowski (35)
  • Regulations and standards
    • Preventive examinations of "occasional drivers" (123)
    • Medical certificate admitting to work (38)
    • New health and safety regulations and labor law (41)
    • Vegetable slicers (42)
    • Technologies and security
    • Machine overload on the example of presses and tower cranes (18)
  • Conferences
    • BeNiSz 2020 - "Safety in Science and Higher Education (25)
  • Interview
    • We have to use our experience to prepare for the next epidemic - an interview with Barbara Kopeć, DIAGNOSTYKA's operational board representative (28)
    • Behapowiec, or who? - an interview with Dr. Paweł Religa, University of Technology and Humanities in Radom
  • Education