Solicitud directa (CEACR) - Adopción: 2010, Publicación: 100ª reunión CIT (2011)

Convenio sobre el marco promocional para la seguridad y salud en el trabajo, 2006 (núm. 187) - Finlandia (Ratificación : 2008)

Further to its observation, the Committee requests the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

Article 4(1). Maintain, progressively develop and periodically review a national system for OSH. The Committee notes that the Government indicates in its report that the Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health handles issues related to Finland’s system for occupational safety and health (OSH) on a regular basis, that preparations are under way with a view to reforming the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health strategy for the entire sector and that this reform will lead to the revision of the current OSH strategy by means of guidelines. The Government is requested to keep the Committee up to date with any developments in regard to this aspect.

Article 4(3)(c). Provision of occupational safety and health training. The Committee notes the Government’s reference to Chapter 5, section 26(5), of the OSH Enforcement, which places a duty on employers to train their employees pursuant to the acts enforced by the OSH authorities. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on practical application of this provision and on the measures taken to provide guidance to employers and workers so as to help them to comply with legal obligations.

Article 4(3)(g). Collaboration with relevant insurance or social security schemes. The Committee notes that, in accordance with the Employment Accidents Insurance Act (608/1948), employers are obliged to notify the insurance institution of any occupational accidents and, based on such notification, the Federation of Accident Insurance Institutes compiles and publishes statistics on occupational accidents and diseases. The Committee requests the Government to make such statistics available to it. The Committee also requests the Government to provide further information on the process, frequency and outcome of such collaboration and to continue to provide information on measures taken to apply this provision of the Convention.

Article 4(3)(h). OSH information and advisory services, and the supporting mechanisms for progressive improvements of OSH in micro-enterprises, in small and medium-sized enterprises and in the informal economy. The Committee notes that the Government’s report is silent in these respects. The Committee requests the Government to provide further information on measures taken, as appropriate, to establish, maintain, progressively develop and periodically review its support mechanisms for micro-enterprises, in small and medium-sized enterprises and in the informal economy.

Article 5(3). National programme shall be widely publicized and, to the extent possible, endorsed and launched by the highest national authorities. The Committee notes that the Government indicates that the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has ratified and published the programmes and strategies as required and that the ministry and the OSH administration participate in programmes and networks on the development of working life coordinated by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. The Government is requested to provide information on the outcome of the abovementioned OSH programmes.

Article 5(2)(a)–(e). The criteria set out in regard to the national OSH programme. The Committee notes that the Government’s report contains no detailed information on the application of these provisions of the Convention. With reference in particular to Article 5(2)(c) and (e), the Committee requests the Government to provide further information on any analyses of the national situation regarding OSH and on practice in relation to objectives, targets and indicators of progress.

Part V of the report form. Application of the Convention in practice. The Committee also asks the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in the country, and to forward extracts of reports, studies and inquiries, statistical data, etc. (for example, with respect to policies and programmes relating to particular areas or branches of economic activity and to particular groups of the population).