We are going through a stage in which there is a great incidence and concern for the preventive activity related to the health and safety of workers. Thus, in our country, employers must comply with minimum legal obligations – mostly preventive – in terms of health and safety at work; aiming to ensure a safe working environment, not only in relation to the dangers and risks posed by existing jobs, but also to possible risks of psycho-social factors (preventing and/or avoiding work-related stress, sexual harassment at work, etc.).
Our team of specialised professionals offers comprehensive legal advice on the monitoring, prevention and control of occupational health and safety, both on a general and sectoral level, as, depending on the economic sector of the company, the obligations in this area may vary. Among the services we offer are the following:
- Various consultancy services on occupational health and safety (accidents at work, occupational diseases, health-related non-discrimination, gender-based violence, etc.).
- Implementation or revision of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System in operation in the company.
- Design of corporate policies on the prevention and sanctioning of sexual harassment at work, non-discrimination on the grounds of illness, disability, gender or condition, prevention of work-related stress, equal pay, zero tolerance of gender-based violence, etc.
- Mandatory specialised training on occupational health and safety, sexual harassment at work and other issues related to workers’ health and safety.
- Design of preventive systems to mitigate occupational risks (labour compliance).
- Advice and defence of the company in administrative proceedings before the National Superintendence of Labour Inspection – SUNAFIL, regarding non-compliance with obligations in the field of occupational health and safety.
- Advice and defence of the company in legal proceedings for compensation for damages arising from non-compliance with occupational health and safety obligations.