Workers are entitled to preventive medical

Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on 23 January 2013, Published in Human Resources Management

Employers are responsible for occupational health check of their employees. This is indicated by the trade association food and hospitality (BGN).

offer occupational medical examinations is not only a duty of the employer but is also in its interest. Because the checkups help to maintain the health and performance of employees. They help to prevent or early detection of work-related illnesses.

Basis for appropriate occupational health care, which may also include other public health measures, is a so-called risk assessment, regularly must determine possible health hazards of different workspaces with the employer.

The Regulation on Occupational Medical Investments (ArbMedVV) distinguishes between mandatory, supply and request investigations. It regulates, can be performed with its employees which studies the employer or at least offer needs and what tests he has to make the request of the employee. Occupational medical examinations should always be performed by physicians in the fields of medicine and hot working during working hours.

Mandatory checks must induce at certain particularly hazardous activities which also can not be performed without this previous examination of the employer. For this work, for example, hazardous substances are, if occupational exposure limits are not respected, wet work of regular four hours more per day, or activities in which employees are exposed in livestock farming health hazards laboratory animal dust.

Information on investigation occasions for compulsory and voluntary examinations in companies within the competence of the BGN contains the folder "occupational medical examinations in operation - Information for Employers". To download from the website of BGN ( www.bgn.de ) With Short Link = 1314.

A more extensive list of activities which may be occasions for examination checkups, offers the Annex to Regulation on Occupational Medical Investments (ArbMedVV) - on the Internet at:

http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbmedvv/anhang_11.html

Source: Mannheim [bgn]