The aim of the project was to promote safety culture in the workplace, both among employees and employers. It was implemented by conducting educational activities on the applicable standards and procedures and showing good practices and information on the benefits resulting from the implementation of high safety standards in the workplace.
Health and safety regulations in Poland are well developed but only in larger companies (with over 250 employees) it is obligatory to set a health and safety committee. SME companies that constitute 99% of the business sector in Poland are called the gray security zone. The project promoter being a regional section of the umbrella trade union Solidarnosc, from the Gdansk region, aimed to rise this issue and promote safety culture in the workplace, both among employees and employers.
The project trained around 150 members and candidates for social labor inspection in the Gdansk region who will secure implementation of the health and safety regulations also among employers that do not have own health and safety committees or safety service.
This goal was achieved through a series of actions:
- Analysis of Polish and Norwegian legal and formal framework for health and safety at workplace including a survey.
- Opening conference for 300 people (trade union representatives, District Labour Inspectorate), organized in Gdansk.
- Recruitment to the training sessions
- 10 training sessions (16 hours each) x 15 people each (150 training participants).
- Conference summarizing projects results (150 persons) with participation of social labour inspectors, employers’ associations, employers.