The State Labor Inspection Service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population has announced the importance of ensuring labor safety in educational institutions in the event of the opening of schools in the new school year.
The State Labor Inspectorate Service told Trend that if a decision is made to start classes, the rules of distance between people must be observed.
It is also important to follow the rules of hygiene, to have enough disinfectants and antiseptics in the workplace, to increase the number of places for hand washing and to have a sufficient number of aluminum products.
Regular cleaning of workplaces and desks, disinfection of door handles, computer equipment, other frequently used items with antiseptic material, disinfection of common rooms, sanitary facilities, etc. Among the issues to be controlled are:
"It should also be noted that one of the main issues before the management should be to instruct all employees (teachers and other staff) on the rules of use of personal protective equipment in a pandemic, to perform their duties safely.
It is said that the COVID-19 pandemic once again confirms the importance of labor protection in the protection of workers and their relatives. During the pandemic, social dialogue in the field of occupational safety ("school-staff-parent-child dialogue") is of great importance. "Social dialogue is an important condition not only for the protection of the physical and psychological health of all workers, but also for the elimination of the negative consequences of the pandemic in the economic and labor spheres."