Shifting responsibility: Occupational disease

By: Together Abroad 26-06-2015 10:32 AM
Categories: * Daily employment news,

The Inspectorate Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid (Social Affairs and Employment, Inspectorate SZW) wants employers to take responsibility for the occurrence of occupational diseases.

This was confirmed in De Monitor, a programme of the broadcasting company KRO-NCRV. Currently, many reports are sent in the Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases (NCvB), not to the Inspectorate SZW, who supports safe and fair working conditions and socio-economic security. Under these circumstances, the supervisory body cannot determine in which companies vocational illnesses occur.

Lodewijk Asscher, the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, did not honour the Inspectorate’s request in May 2015. Shifting responsibilities would not benefit the employee’s privacy, and the employer has too little knowledge of occupational diseases, said Asscher. The Inspectorate does not agree with these arguments, as a company doctor could be consulted. The Netherlands Society of Occupational Medicine (NVAB) endorses this standpoint.

Paul Ulenbelt from the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) seeks to submit a proposal during the debate on vocational illnesses. According to the proposal, vocational diseases and occupational accidents should be treated equally and hence should both be reported to the Inspectorate SZW.


By: C.Maiko Schnelle

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