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The Labour Inspectorate is publishing a sample of the companies that will be inspected this year. In particular, companies that have not submitted a working environment risk analysis, that have had several occupational accidents and wher...

Although occupational health and safety in Estonia has made significant progress over the past decade, the Labour Inspectorate still observes several shortcomings in the safety of working environments. At the same time, we see more and m...

Your enterprise is visited by an inspector of the Labour Inspectorate who finds deficiencies? They say something about a precept? And mention a penalty payment warning? Does that mean you have to pay a fine? Below we explain how the sup...

A reader asks: I sprained my ankle at work on Friday before the end of the working day. The pain was not too bad and I carried on with work. My foot did not recover over the weekend and on Monday I felt that I could not work with an achi...

Reader asks: I was walking to work in the morning and the road was so slippery that I fell. Is an accident on the way to work an occupational accident?

The Labour Inspectorate has prepared a sample employment contract, outlining all important aspects that should be considered when entering into an employment contract. It is a convenient tool for both employers and employees, because usi...

As the economy opened up in 2021, the number of occupational accidents increased. We lost around 1.1 million working hours due to occupational accidents.

A reader asks: We are currently working on updating our company’s risk analysis; the updated risk analysis will be completed in January next year. As the risk analysis was due to be submitted in September, we would like confirmation from...