Keyword biological risk factors

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Labour legislations
Working during pregnancy
06.10.2025
- pregnant,
- parent,
- risk assessment,
- lighter work,
- break,
- physical hazards,
- biological risk factors,
- physiological hazards,
- psychosocial hazards,
- chemical hazards
- An employer shall allow a pregnant employee time off for prenatal check-ups that will be included in the working hours.
- A breastfeeding mother is entitled to additional breaks for breastfeeding until the child is 1.5 years old.
- Pregnant employees and employees who have the right to maternity leave can demand work corresponding to their state of health.
News
Kas tööandja võib töötaja käest küsida vaktsineerimise või koroonaviiruse läbipõdemise kohta tõendit?
29.07.2021
Isikuandmete kaitse üldmäärusest tulenevalt ei saa tööandja üldjuhul töötajalt terviseandmeid küsida. Sellele kehtivad aga erandid näiteks õigustatud huvi korral.
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COVID-19 meelespea
12.08.2022
Soe sume suvi on taandumas ja COVID-19 järjekordne laine tuure kogumas. Seetõttu on Tööinspektsioon võtmas taas teravdatud tähelepanu alla viiruse leviku pidurdamise.
Work environment
Pathogens
22.12.2023
- biological risk factors,
- sickness
- Biological hazards are micro-organisms that can cause infectious diseases, allergies or poisoning.
- The employer must determine the nature, extent and duration of the risk of infection, assess the risks and take the necessary preventive measures.
- Collective protection measures or personal protective equipment must be used where exposure to a biological hazard cannot be avoided by other means.
Labour legislations
COVID-19 and work relations
29.03.2023
- COVID 19 and legal questions
- COVID-19 is an infectious disease that spreads from person to person through droplets, mainly in close contact* with an infected person.
- SARS-CoV-2 belongs in the third category of biological hazards.
- The employer must determine the nature, extent and duration of the employee's risk of infection during the risk analysis.