Recent survey data show that about 89% of employees in Latvia have been informed on work safety issues, as indicated by Māra Vīksne, representative of the Labour Department at the Latvian Ministry of Welfare, in an interview to the state legislation portal www.lv.lv (the online version of the official state newspaper “Latvijas Vēstnesis”). This indicator has increased by 3.5% since 2010, yet employee surveys reveal that this information has mostly been formal and related to merely signing the respective work safety instructions, hence not nearly covering all the important issues. For instance, just 60% of all employed knew under which situations they must not commence work, and in what cases they must stop working; only 52% were informed of the risk factors at their workplace, although all employees should be.
, just 60% of all employed knew under which situations they must not commence work, and in what cases they must stop working; only 52% were informed of the risk factors at their workplace, although all employees should be.
Better information and training on work safety. One of the reasons could be the lack of clarity of the previously effective regulation No 323 “Regulation on Training in Occupational Safety Issues”, which was considered relatively complex with regard to how exactly and about what particular work safety issues employees should be instructed and trained; these regulations also did not specify any requirements on the content and structure of work safety information to provide.
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