News & Events 2009

Session of the Senior Labour Inspectors’ Committee

Labour Protection Council adopted a position on the NLI’s work programme

Members of Parliament talked about prevention in construction

Chief Labour Inspector presented
NLI’s work programme

Awards for organisers
of safe work

Construction investments
for EURO 2012 – an opportunity
for safe and decent work

Polish-Irish talks about OSH in farming

Czech labour inspectors visited Poland

The latest results
of inspections focused on payment
of remuneration

Parliament approved NLI’s
reports on its activity

Debate on securing safety
togetherr

How to manage stress and
calculate working time properly

Parliamentary Committees
approved the Inspectorate’s
Report

NLI`s report for 2008
approved unanimously

Implementation of NLI’s
budget and asbestos risk

At the session of the Senior
Labour Inspectors’ Committee

Meeting of the Council for Work Safety in Construction

Labour Protection Council debated about NLI’s report

On handling of loads during
an international seminar

Payment of remuneration
as the subject of a meeting
with journalists

MPs learned about the state
of OSH in construction

Jubilee book for Prof. Henryk Lewandowski

Complaints and international cooperation

The Labour Protection Council debate on PPE

Labour Protection Council discussed about inspection
of legality of employment

Chief Labour Inspector
appeals for timely payment
of remuneration

Session of the Council for Work Safety in Construction

Labour inspectorate on "Budma" construction fair

Payment of remuneration as the subject of Labour Protection Council's session

Celebrations of the labour inspectorate’s 90th anniversary have begun

Labour Protection Council adopted a position on the NLI’s work programme

“The National Labour Inspectorate’s work programme comprehensively covers issues of work safety and health and labour law, both in inspection and preventative activities” – wrote members of the Labour Protection Council in their position concerning the assessment of the NLI’s work programme for 2010 and its long-term plan for 2010-2012. The Council adopted the position during its session held in Parliament on 4 December 2009.

The Council positively assessed NLI’s plans to focus inspection activities on those areas of labour law and enterprises where breaches of provisions happen most frequently. At the same time, in connection with an increase in accident rates identified in recent years, the Council found it justified that NLI focuses its actions more on work safety and health, especially existing occupational hazards and causes of work accidents.

The Council also approved of the fact that NLI’s work programme pays special attention to small companies which have numerous hazards and high rates of work accidents.

“NLI is going to carry out the numerous planned tasks by increasing the number of inspections in 2010 and shortening the duration of individual visits. It is expected that a planned rise in the number of visits to 90 thousand in 2010 will be accompanied by their increased effectiveness” – reads the position.

The Council recommended that NLI should adjust and enrich its tasks in the long-term plan on the basis of conclusions resulting from the “Assessment of OSH level in 2008”, prepared by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, and conclusions included in the Labour Protection Council’s positions. The Council mentioned that analyses of complaints from 2009 should be taken into account while choosing workplaces (e.g. retail trade entities) for inspections of compliance with labour law provisions. Inspections focused on OSH training for workers should, first of all, concern induction training at workstations. It is justified by high accident rates for workers with very short work experience, which shows that they are not trained sufficiently.

The Council also recommended limiting post-inspection documents to what is absolutely necessary. Moreover, NLI should consider whether it is justified for the labour inspectorate to inspect and monitor compliance with provisions of the so-called anti-crisis act.

In the final part of the document, members of the Labour Protection Council emphasised that increase of NLI’s budget is an indispensable condition for the achievement of its preset objectives.