Workplace Safety: Protecting Healthcare and Social Service Workers
New regulations aim to enhance the safety of healthcare and social service workers. They mandate employers to develop workplace violence prevention plans, protecting staff from aggression and improving working conditions. Citizens can expect safer medical and social services as employees will be better protected.
Key points
Mandatory development of workplace violence prevention plans in hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical and social facilities.
Introduction of employee training, incident reporting procedures, and post-incident investigations.
Prohibition of discrimination and retaliation against employees reporting threats or incidents of violence.
Requirement for maintaining violent incident logs and submitting annual reports to the government, increasing transparency and accountability.
VOTING RESULTS
2021-04-16
60%
For
254
Against
166
Abstain
0
Expired
Citizen Poll