Regulatory Framework in Occupational Safety: Strategy and Current Challenges

A New Paradigm of Regulatory Framework

The HSE sphere in Russia is undergoing a massive transformation, shifting from a strict prescriptive approach to risk-oriented management. The presentation details the Federal Law on Mandatory Requirements, which establishes new rules of the game for employers and supervisory authorities. The key change is the principle of proportionality: the costs of complying with requirements must be adequate to the risk being prevented. The speaker explains how this approach changes the logic of HSE specialists' work, requiring them to have a deeper understanding of production processes and independence in decision-making.

Section Ten of the Labor Code: From Protection to Safety

The updated Section Ten of the Labor Code shifts the focus from protecting labor rights to ensuring the actual safety of workers. Using the new definitions of occupational risk as an example, the speaker shows how legislation is being harmonized with international standards, taking into account not only the probability but also the severity of potential consequences. An important innovation is the priority of prevention and minimization of health damage, which requires employers to take a proactive approach to identifying hazards even at the stage of designing new workplaces and introducing technologies.

Practical Challenges for Employers

Changes in legislation impose new responsibilities on employers, including maintaining a register of regulatory legal acts and systematically identifying hazards. The presentation emphasizes that HSE rules no longer contain cross-references, and specialists must independently form a comprehensive picture of requirements for their enterprise. Special attention is paid to the ban on working in hazardous working conditions (Class 4) and the need to develop action plans to eliminate them.

What you will learn from this webinar:

• How to apply the principle of selecting a regulatory act when there are contradictions in legislation?
• What changes await the procedure for providing workers with PPE?
• How to properly organize the recording of micro-injuries and micro-damages?
• What is the difference between HSE requirements and sanitary-epidemiological standards in the new reality?
• How to prepare for the digitalization of the accident investigation process?