The basis of the state social policy is the priority of preserving the life and health of a working person, as well as ensuring safe working conditions for him. According to the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the priority of life and health of an employee is one of the most important principles of the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
How is this important principle implemented?
As an example, I will give you some important norms of the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
- the employer is obliged to provide the employee with the work stipulated by the employment contract, provide the employee with working conditions in accordance with the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, labor, collective agreements, warn the employee about the possibility of harmful and dangerous working conditions and occupational diseases, as well as take measures to prevent risks in workplaces and technological processes, carry out preventive work taking into account industrial and scientific and technological progress .;
-the employee has the right to receive complete and reliable information about the state of working conditions and labor protection by notifying his / her immediate supervisor or representative of the employer, to refuse to perform work in the event of a situation that threatens his / her health or life, as well as to compensate for damage caused to health in connection with the performance of Labor duties;
- it is not allowed to conclude an employment contract with citizens under the age of eighteen, pregnant women for hard work, work with harmful and dangerous working conditions on the basis of a medical report for the performance of work that contradicts the health status of a person;
- On the basis of a medical report in connection with an industrial injury, occupational disease or other damage to health related to the performance of labor duties, or other damage to health not related to production, the employer is obliged to temporarily transfer an employee to a lighter job until his / her ability is restored or disability is established or loss of professional working capacity is established, or to dismiss him / her in cases stipulated by Labor or collective agreements;
- the employer, on the basis of a medical report, is obliged to transfer a pregnant woman to another job that excludes the impact of harmful and (or) dangerous production factors, while maintaining the average salary;
- employees under the age of eighteen, pregnant women with a pregnancy period of twelve or more weeks, disabled people of the first group from the date of submission of a medical report are not allowed to work performed on a shift basis. Other employees, if
based on the results, they may be involved in work performed on a shift basis, unless such work is contraindicated.
- the workplace of an employee who has lost his / her ability to work due to an industrial injury or occupational disease is retained until his / her ability to work is restored or disability is established;
In order to ensure the priority of protecting the life and health of employees, the Labor Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan provides for mandatory periodic certification of production facilities for working conditions.