The Ministry of Labour proposed to amend the regulation on general wellness and safety at work, which introduces fresh rules governing temperature at work. Although the aim of the changes is to improve working conditions, the task has met with fierce criticism of various ministries that inform against possible negative effects on the economy and national security. According to the diary of Legal Newspaper, regulations can be hard to implement, unrealistic in practice and even paralysing for companies.
Maximum temperature and worker metabolism
The main component of the amendment is to find the maximum temperature at the workplace and to take account of the kind of work done by analysing the rate of metabolism. The task prohibits work with a advanced or very advanced rate of metabolism in the open space erstwhile the temperature exceeds 32 degrees Celsius.
Deputy Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Grzegorz Karpiński, estimates that the proposed solutions are complicated and hard to realize for employees and wellness and safety services. "It would be essential to introduce more understandable concepts for wellness and safety workers," Karpiński emphasised. It besides suggested raising the temperature threshold to 35 degrees, which would avoid excessive interruptions, especially on construction sites.
Challenges for industry
Industry besides makes critical comments on the project. For example, in tyre factories the temperature exceeds 41 degrees, making implementation of the fresh regulations virtually impossible. "The proposed solutions, including the cessation of work, will lead to a crucial deterioration in the functioning of businesses, in peculiar the failure of gross due to downtime", says Tomasz Lewandowski, Deputy Minister of Development.
MON reservations: Impact on State security
The Ministry of Defence besides expressed its concerns. Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda points out that the fresh government may negatively affect tasks related to the protection of state borders, the defender service or the implementation of specialist training. "These regulations may limit the anticipation of effective action in areas crucial to national security", warns Bejda.
What's next on the project?
In the face of many reservations of the ministries and business representatives, the further destiny of the task is called into question. Experts stress that it will be crucial to find a compromise between improving working conditions and the real possibilities for their implementation. Indeed, besides restrictive rules can not only hamper the functioning of businesses but besides affect key areas of the state.
Summary
The revision of the General Safety and Safety Regulation is controversial due to its possible effects. Although its nonsubjective is to improve working conditions at advanced temperatures, critics stress that the rules may be unrealistic to implement and endanger the economy and the safety of the state. The final form of the regulation will depend on the government's ability to take into account the comments made and find applicable solutions for all parties.
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