Article 23. Employerʼs rights and obligations in the field of labour protection

The employer has the right to:

require employees to comply with standards, rules and instructions on labour protection and safe performance of work;

subject employees to checks to determine intoxication by alcoholic beverages, narcotic drugs or toxic substances;

obtain information on the severity of industrial injuries sustained by employees, on the presence of diseases that may lead to such injuries, and on employeesʼ intoxication by alcoholic beverages, narcotic drugs or toxic substances;

lodge complaints directly with a court, or with a superior body or official in the chain of subordination, against decisions of the bodies exercising state supervision and inspection over compliance with labour protection requirements, and against actions (inaction) of their officials;

award and provide material incentives to employees for compliance with labour protection requirements;

bring employees guilty of violating labour protection requirements to disciplinary liability.

The employer may have other rights in accordance with legislation.

The employer shall:

ensure that working conditions at each workplace comply with labour protection requirements;

ensure employeesʼ safety when using buildings, structures and equipment, when implementing technological processes, and when using raw materials and materials in production, as well as during performance of works and provision of services;

exercise control over the state of working conditions at workplaces, in particular with respect to harmful and hazardous production factors;

timely inform employees on working conditions, including the risks of occupational and other diseases, on the state of labour protection at specific workplaces and in production, and on the benefits and compensations, as well as personal and collective protective equipment, due to employees in this connection;

establish, in the prescribed manner, a labour protection service and a traffic safety service;

provide employees, in accordance with established norms, with milk, medicinal-preventive nutrition, aerated saline water, personal protective and hygiene equipment, and ensure the use of collective protective equipment;