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- To foresee that the employees can give different reactions to the
incidents in the workplace, taking into consideration the differ-
ences of the people in a general working environment evolution
and organization
- If it is possible, to arrange working place in compliance with
the pleasures of different people, taking into consideration psy-
chological and social conditions at work
- To prevent from monotony, stress and isolation adapting the
working conditions to human abilities and depending on this, to
provide to the employees the assignment to design their own
working conditions
- To make arrangements by employer in order to help to establish
the communication between the employers and to effort to
establish the coherence between the different positions.
International and national legislation assigns all responsibility
regarding work health and security to employers. It is the general
obligation of the employer to protect the health and safety of the
employees against any perils and risks arising from the workplace or
the work they execute. The obligation of the employers to take mea-
sures and the obligation of protection for the employees constitutes at
the same time an obligation for the state. The completeness of equip-
ment of the employer while executing this obligation shall not abrogate
the responsibility of the employer. Moreover, executing part or all of
the obligations of the employer by outsourcing is not deemed suffi-
cient, as laid out by jurisprudence. Therefore, as regulated in detail in
this Code, the employer shall prioritize ensuring workplace health and
security and make the workplace organization accordingly. The
employer shall seek to avoid the perils, fight the risks, accordingly
amend workplace conditions and even render the work convenient to
the employee. Furthermore, the employer shall provide its employees
the necessary training. The Code also foresees certain sanctions
against employers who do not fulfill their obligations.
The Code stipulates also in which working place workplace health
and safety unit will be created and that the election of the people who
will be a part of this unit, its working order, duty, authority and respon-
sibility. Moreover, the right to avoid work which is stipulated in the
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