Developing an Inspection System between the Main Employer and the Sub-employers in terms of Occupational Health and Safety: A Case Study

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 36 - 46, 29.06.2019

Fahri Kasap Hafiz Hulusi Acar

https://doi.org/10.33904/ejfe.569635

Abstract

A
healthier and safer working environment can be provided through a more
proactive approach with the different auditing systems. The relevant laws and
regulations must be developed and applied to employer and sub-employers within
the frame of an inspection system. The aim of the study is to examine the
primary employer and sub-employer relationship established under the roof of
large industrial enterprises in terms of occupational health and safety and to
create a healthy and safe working environment where legal requirements are
fulfilled. In situations where the primary employer and sub-employer
relationship is established within the work, the occupational health and safety
activities of the sub-employer need to be audited by the primary employer and
the matters to be audited have been determined. Four audits to be made by the principal
employer at least annually have revealed the situation in occupational health
and safety activities with numerical data. Within the scope of the study, the
audits conducted in 2017 on the primary employer and five affiliated
sub-employers, which were taken as models, have been explained. While the
primary employer and sub-employer relationship is continued by many authorities
as a matter of debate, this study sets forth a model about the creation of
legal responsibility and safe working environment. The audits must be made
sustainable. 

Keywords

Sub-employer, Inspection systems, Main employer, Occupational health and safety

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