OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ACT - DE LEGE FERENDA PROPOSALS

Svrha ovog rada je upozoriti zakonodavca u Republici Hrvatskoj i ostale dionike na svim razinama sustava zaštite na radu i socijalnog dijaloga o zaštiti na radu na činjenicu da pravo zaštite na radu u Republici Hrvatskoj još uvijek nije usklađeno s pravnim poretkom EU-a. To znači da se radnicima još uvijek ne osiguravaju sva prava koja im pripadaju slijedom pravnog poretka EU-a iz područja zaštite zdravlja i sigurnosti na radu. Nedosljedna primjena definicije pojma zdravlje na radu iz Konvencije 155 Međunarodne organizacije rada, prema kojoj zdravlje ima i fizičku i duševnu sastavnicu, dovodi već 16 godina do toga da se naporima na radu i psihosocijalnim rizicima ne daje dostatna pozornost, iako je Zakon o zaštiti na radu u tom razdoblju mijenjan čak tri puta. Posljedica je nedostajući pravni okvir za djelovanje poslodavaca, radničkih predstavnika, inspekcije rada, medicine rada i drugih dionika. Očekuje se da će zakonodavac novim Zakonom o zaštiti na radu, koji je pred upućivanjem u zakonodavni postupak, osigurati potpunu zaštitu zdravlja i sigurnost na radu te se očekuje da potporu tom zahtjevu daju socijalni partneri u Republici Hrvatskoj, slijedom postignuća socijalnih partnera EU-a iz područja zaštite radnika od rizika kao što su stres na radu, nasilje, drugi oblici uznemiravanja te napori koji proizlaze iz jednoličnog rada, rada po učinku, na vrijeme, s nametnutim ritmom, kao i ostalih oblika rada pri kojima postoje statički i dinamički napori. Autorica predlaže da zakonodavac prekine šutnju o (ne)dopustivosti korištenja videonadzora na mjestima rada te da nedvosmisleno propiše prava, obveze i odgovornosti s tim u vezi ne samo u individualnom radnom odnosu, nego i u kolektivnim radnim odnosima, u okviru kojih predlaže osigurati obvezu poslodavca, odnosno pravo radničkih predstavnika na suodlučivanje o uvođenju i uporabi videonadzora, jer je u pitanju prikupljanje i korištenje podataka o radnicima.The intention of the paper is to direct the attention of the law-makers and other parties at different levels of occupational safety and social dialogue on occupational safety in the Republic of Croatia to the fact that Croatian legislation governing the right to occupational safety is still not harmonized with that of the EU. This results in the fact that employees still cannot exercise the rights to which they are entitled by EU legislation in the field of health and safety at work. Inconsistent interpretation of the term occupational health from Convention 155 of the International Labour Organization which includes both the physical and the mental components has resulted in a 16-year-long effort to call attention to the strains and psycho-social risks at work. Oddly, the Occupational Safety Act has in this period been amended three times. The consequence is a missing legal framework for employers, labour representatives, labour inspection bodies, occupational medicine and other participants involved. It is expected that the law-makers shall secure in the new Occupational Safety Act, currently in the process of adoption, full health and safety protection at work. Furthermore, support is expected from the social partners in the Republic of Croatia in response to the achievements of the EU social partners in the field of employee protection from stress risks at work, violence and other forms of mobbing which include strains of monotonous work, work evaluated in terms of efficiency, time pressure, enforced pace and other types of work involving static and dynamic strain. The author proposes that the law-makers break the silence surrounding the issue of (non)use of video surveillance at the workplace and clearly set out the rights, obligations and responsibilities in this respect, not only in individual labour contracts but also in collective agreements. She proposes that employers be obligated and employees’ representatives entitled to make joint decisions regarding the use of video surveillance, as it is a matter of gathering and using information on employees