The worker’s right to denounce the lack of safety measures at work

Derecho seguridad

You as a worker you have the right to job security before the exposure to risks and diseases in the work regardless of the size of the company where you work.

Do you know … that you have the right to Safety and Health at work?

As a worker it is important that you know that according to the law you are entitled to which the company or employer for whom you work will provide the means of safety and health at work against risks or diseases to which these are exposed to perform the work activity, as the company has the responsibility and obligation to provide the means to prevent injuries, accidents, illnesses, or death.

To begin with, the Constitution establishes that “The entrepreneurs will be responsible of occupational accidents and occupational diseases of workers, suffered with reason or in the exercise of the profession or job that is running; ……”. (Art. 123 Fracc XIV)

TO turn the own Federal Labor Law in its Article 132 fraction XVIII, says that it is the obligation of the patterns: “Meet the regulations and the official mexican standards in the field of safety, health and working environment ….”

But What happens if the company fails to comply with the obligations and responsibilities of preventing accidents and illness at work?

Sanction:

Well, first, the same law provides that it shall be imposed a fine of 250 to 5000 times the general minimum wage to the employer or company that does not observe the rules of safety and hygiene to prevent the risks of work.  (LFT Art. 994 Fracc. (V)

The fines to the pattern they are currently between $3’000,0000.00 to $4’000,000.00, this is because in a work center, the labour authority arrives to detect several faults, omissions, and inaccuracies in the observance of the norms of security and hygiene in the workplace.

Compensation:

Second, in case of an accident to a worker, employers will be required to pay compensation for death or just by temporary or permanent inability to work, in accordance with the laws determine what happens to result in a cost extremely high for any company regardless of its size.

Does your employee with who you have to go?

In the event that your company does not follow the safety Rules, do not provide means of protection or not you are trained in prevention of occupational accidents, you have the option to notify the labour authority, in this case, the STPS federal of your company, look it up by giving click here and contact with them immediately.

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Mention: in the entry of this blog, the regulation is in accordance to the regulations of Mexico, and although in other countries the standards may vary in this sense, the technical concepts in the essence can be counterparts. However, it is always important to rest with a local expert.

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