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Employer Liability: Rights and Obligations Regarding Occupational Safety and Health

Corporate
Digital Skills

Compliance, Quality, and Occupational Health and Safety

Duration

30h

PRESENTATION

The financial liability the employer's role in occupational safety and health is one of the most hotly debated issues in the occupational safety and health. To determine whether the employer is liable for a workplace accident, one must to be proven which has failed to comply with the security obligations and the healthcare to which they are entitled. Through this training program in Employer Liability: Rights and Obligations Regarding Occupational Safety and Health Students will be able to acquire knowledge regarding an employer's liability for damages, taking into account the legal framework established and the Occupational Risks existing.

Objectives

  • Acquire knowledge regarding the financial liability by the employer, in accordance with the established legal framework and existing occupational risks.

  • Learn about the concepts of the employer's civil, contractual, and non-contractual liability in the area of Occupational Hazards.

  • Identify those responsible for the civil liability due to workplace hazards.

  • To study the corporate responsibility in the assignment of workers.

Syllabus

TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE LIABILITY OF BUSINESS OWNERS FOR THEIR ASSETS.

  1. General Concepts.
  2. Civil Liability as Financial Liability in the Context of Occupational Hazards.
  3. Occupational risk: differences in this concept for the purposes of social security and occupational risk prevention.
  4. The Employer's Responsibility for Worker Protection.
  5. The contractual or non-contractual nature of the employer's liability.
  6. Supplementary documentation for the unit.

TEACHING UNIT 2. PARTIES LIABLE AND BENEFICIARIES OF CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS.

  1. Officials responsible for occupational safety and health.
  2. Beneficiaries of the unit's financial liability.

TEACHING UNIT 3. CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYER.

  1. The contractual relationship between the employer and the employee.
  2. The employer's failure to fulfill its preventive obligations. Unlawful conduct.
  3. Compensable Damages for Breach of Contract by the Employer.
  4. The Objectification of Fault in the Attribution of Breach.
  5. Causal link between the damage suffered and the company’s breach of contract. Concurrence of fault; unity.

TEACHING UNIT 4. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN EMPLOYER’S CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY: ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS.

  1. Quantification of Damages and Compensation.
  2. When the statute of limitations for a claim for damages expires.
  3. Employer's Liability Insurance.
  4. Liability for Damages and Competent Jurisdiction.

TEACHING UNIT 5. CONCURRENT LIABILITY OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND LIABILITY.

  1. Assumptions.
  2. How are business activities coordinated?
  3. What is a company's responsibility when it comes to the assignment of workers?
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