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<p>Workers' safety in the workplace depends on the compliance of both employees and the employer with applicable regulations. The EU member states in internal law contain regulations in line with EU directives in this area. The author of this study decided to examine whether compliance by the employer with health and safety provisions is an element motivating employees to take up employment. he law applies to both employees and employers, but their content is not affected by any of the parties to the employment relationship. The purpose of the article was to answer the question whether compliance by the employer with health and safety at work rules is an element that influences the employee when making a decision about taking up employment. The method used was the diagnostic survey method and the survey tool. The research was conducted in 102 facilities-enterprises in the Silesian Voivodeship employing at least 20 employees. The respondents were employees within the meaning of the Labor Code who declared knowledge of basic regulations in the field of occupational health and safety. The unambiguous lack of impact of compliance with the health and safety at work regulations by the employer on the decision on employment was indicated by 29.3% of respondents, while 60.8% of all respondents declared such an impact. Among the surveyed employees there was a group of undecided people,</p>
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Workers' safety in the workplace depends on the compliance of both employees and the employer with applicable regulations. The EU member states in internal law contain regulations in line with EU directives in this area. The author of this study decided to examine whether compliance by the employer with health and safety provisions is an element motivating employees to take up employment. he law applies to both employees and employers, but their content is not affected by any of the parties to the employment relationship. The purpose of the article was to answer the question whether compliance by the employer with health and safety at work rules is an element that influences the employee when making a decision about taking up employment. The method used was the diagnostic survey method and the survey tool. The research was conducted in 102 facilities-enterprises in the Silesian Voivodeship employing at least 20 employees. The respondents were employees within the meaning of the Labor Code who declared knowledge of basic regulations in the field of occupational health and safety. The unambiguous lack of impact of compliance with the health and safety at work regulations by the employer on the decision on employment was indicated by 29.3% of respondents, while 60.8% of all respondents declared such an impact. Among the surveyed employees there was a group of undecided people,

Impact of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations on the Employee's Decision to Take up Employment

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Workers' safety in the workplace depends on the compliance of both employees and the employer with applicable regulations. The EU member states in internal law...

Impact of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations on the Employee's Decision to Take up Employment

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2019

Pages: 141 - 148

Reçu: 18 nov. 2018

Accepté: 04 janv. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0018

Mots clés
health and safety at work regulations, motivation, employee, employer, employment

© 2019 Anna Bazan-Bulanda, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Impact of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations on the Employee's Decision to Take up Employment

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2019

Pages: 141 - 148

Reçu: 18 nov. 2018

Accepté: 04 janv. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0018

Mots cléshealth and safety at work regulations, motivation, employee, employer, employment

© 2019 Anna Bazan-Bulanda, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
health and safety at work regulations, motivation, employee, employer, employment