| Abstract [eng] |
The final master thesis applies a research on the legal acts regarding employees health and safety regulations at work. The financial responsibility over health and safety area between employers and employees is taken into the consideration. The conclusion is made that the health and safety of the employees in the Republic of Lithuania is regulated by a list of legislative acts: international, issued by European Union and local. The relevance of this topic is highlighted by the load of this type cases investigated by the Municipal/ Supreme Court of Lithuania. It is observed, that the single responsibility of the employee meets the single right of the employer and vice versa – a single responsibility of the employer meets the single right of the employee. The final thesis is grouped into four main sections divided into subsections. The first section of the paperwork analyses legal acts, regulating employees Health and Labour protection. This part also includes the terms, definitions and classifications. The next section covers the rights and duties appeared between employees and employers. The mentioned rights and duties are closely related, so the principle – „What is the duty of the employer is the right of the employee” and vice versa - is followed. The third part of the paperwork highlights mandatory and additional health and safety assurance techniques used in the organization. The fourth section investigates the practice used for regulation of the financial responsibility between employees and employers in the Municipal (Supreme) Court of Lithuania. Based on the implemented practice, the legal background of the financial responsibility between mentioned parties are discussed. Finally, the methods are determined when the limited and when the full financial responsibility is applicable. The health and safety of the employees is usually linked to the stronger party in the Labour relations, so as a result, the hypothesis that the weaker party among this relationship is an employee, is taken into the consideration. According to the research results applied on the legal acts regarding employees health and safety regulations as well as the practice used in the Municipal (Supreme) Court of Lithuania, the identified hypothesis in final master thesis was satisfied. |
