Angajatorii, fie ei privaţi sau de stat, sunt obligaţi, potrivit Legii 319/2006, să respecte normele legale privind securitatea şi sănătatea în muncă (SSM). Astfel, chiar dacă angajatorul alege să externalizeze aceste servicii, legea nu îl exonerează de răspundere.

Dar ce măsuri ar trebui să ia un angajator pentru a respecta legea?

Firstly, to ensure the safety and health protection of workers, secondly, to prevent occupational risks, to inform and train employees. Moreover, the employer has the obligation to implement the necessary measures to avoid risks at the workplace, to evaluate the risks that cannot be avoided, to combat the risks at the source, to adapt the work to the person, to choose work equipment and production methods in order to reducing the monotony of work. The law also requires the employer to adapt to technical progress and to replace what is dangerous with what is not dangerous. Non-compliance with these obligations by the employer constitutes a contravention. Furthermore, when workplaces undergo changes, extensions and/or transformations, the employer must take all necessary measures to ensure that these changes, extensions and/or transformations are in accordance with legal requirements. The norms of labor protection and hygiene, the organizational measures undertaken by the employer, are ineffective if those who participate directly in the work process, i.e. the employees, do not respect these norms and measures.