Quarter 3 Lesson 3 Work Immersion, Lecture notes of Business

Download Quarter 3 Lesson 3 Work Immersion and more Lecture notes Business in PDF only on Docsity! Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) Division of Leyte Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries Tanauan, Leyte WORK IMMERSION 12 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES & EMPLOYERS, CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE WORKPLACE, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION LEARN Republic Act No. 110581 is an Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards and providing penalties for Violations Thereof. Its Section 1 tells that “The State affirms labor as a primary social and economic force, and that a safe and healthy workforce is integral part. The State shall ensure a safe and healthful workforce for all working people by affording them a full protection against all hazards in their work environment. Chapter III Section 4 of this R.A 110581 states the Duties and Rights of Employers, Workers and Other Persons. Every employer, contractor or subcontractor, if any, and any person who manages, controls, or supervises the work being undertaken shall: Duties of Employers 1. Furnish the workers a place of employment free from hazardous conditions that are causing or are likely to cause death, illness, physical harm to the workers. 2. Give complete job safety instructions or orientation to all the workers especially to those entering the job for the first time. 3. Inform the workers of the hazard associated with their work, health risks involved or to which they are exposed to. 4. Use only approved devices and equipment for the workplace. 5. Comply with OSH Standards including training, medical examination and where necessary provision of protective and safety devices such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and machine guards 6. Allow workers and their safety and health representatives to participate actively in the process of organizing, planning, implementing and evaluating the safety and health program. 7. Provide where necessary, for measure to deal with emergencies and accidents including first aid arrangements. Duties of the Workers 1. Every worker shall participate in ensuring compliance with OSH standards in the workplace. The worker shall make proper use of all safeguards and safety devices furnished for the worker’s protection and that of others, and shall observe instructions to prevent accidents or imminent danger situations in the workplace. The worker shall observe the prescribed steps to be taken in case of emergency. 2. The worker shall report to the supervisor any work hazard that may be encountered in the workplace. Duties of Other Persons 1. It shall be the duty of any person including the builder or contractor who visits, builds, renovates, or installs devices or conducts business in any establishment or workplace, to comply with the provision of this Act and in any regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor and Employment. 2. Whenever two or more undertakings are engaged in activities simultaneously in one workplace, it shall be the duty of all engaged to collaborate in the application of OSH standards and regulations. Section 5 – 8: Workers’ Rights Workers’ Rights 1. Workers’ The right to safety and health at work shall be guaranteed. All workers shall be appropriately informed by the employer about all types of hazards in the Right To Know workplace, provided access to training and education on chemical safety, and to orientation on the data sheet of chemical safety, electrical safety mechanical safety and ergonomical safety. 2. Workers’ Right to Refuse Unsafe Work The workers has the right of refusal to work without threat or reprisal from the employer if, as determined by the DOLE, an imminent danger situation exits in the workplace that may result in illness, injury or death corrective actions to eliminate the danger that have not undertaken by the employer. 3. The Right to Report Accidents Workers and their representatives shall have the right to report accidents, dangerous occurrences, and hazards to the employer, to the DOLE and to other concerned government agencies exercising jurisdiction as the competent authority in the specific industry or economic activity. 4. Workers’ Right to Personal Protective Equipmen t (PPE) Every employer, contractor or subcontractor, if any, shall provide his workers free of charge protective equipment for their eyes, face, hands and feet, and lifeline, safety belt or harness, gas or dust respirators or masks, and protective shields whenever necessary by reason of the hazardous work process or environment, chemical, radiological, mechanical and other irritants or hazards capable of causing injury or impairment in any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or personal contact. All PPE shall be of the appropriate type as tested and approved by the DOLE based on its standards. In some instances, confidentiality refers to not discussing internal goings-on with co- workers. In other instances, it refers to not sharing trade secrets and other company information with competitors, the press or anyone outside of your company. Confidentiality has both casual and legal definitions. Casual Definition of Confidentiality If you repeat confidential statements made by co-workers, even if the original source doesn’t hear about your gossip, the people you tell might lose respect for you and no longer trust you. If you gossip with customers, they might tell your competitors, who will be less likely to hire you in the future. Examples of breaking casual, confidential communications are: 1. repeating a co-worker’s opinion of his boss, 2. revealing the fact that a peer is interviewing with another company, 3. forwarding a confidential email from one employee to another, 4. sharing information, you overhead others discussing or passing around a document you found that wasn’t intended for others. So, those must be avoided if you become an employee or even a trainee. Legal Definition of Confidentiality Once you become an employee or worker, you may have access to information for your company such as salaries, employee perks, client lists, trade secrets, sales numbers, customer information, news about pending terminations, reasons for a firing, phone codes or computer passwords. Your employers don’t want the employees to divulge or reveal them to others when you are still working or even when you are leaving the company. There instances that they will ask the employees to sign a confidentiality agreement to keep the secrets even if they leave already. Legal Examples: As an employee or worker, you must not divulge the following information: recipes research financial information, patents website traffic statistics customer lists computer and building security information. production processes