Regional Labour Inspectorate holds seminar on "Working Safely and Healthily in the Digital Age"
Press Release
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The Regional Labour Inspectorate (IRT) is a public service, endowed with technical autonomy. Its activity is focused on the inspection of compliance with regulations concerning working conditions, according to the principles laid down in Conventions No. 81, 129 and 155 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
This entity has as its mission the improvement of working conditions through counselling and supervision of compliance with labour standards in the context of labour relations in companies, regardless of their legal form or nature.
Its actions encompass all sectors of activity as well as any places where there are labour relations or evidence of such relations.
The Regional Labour Inspectorate also monitors compliance with occupational safety and health legislation in public administration services.
October 3, 2024
Regional Labour Inspectorate holds seminar on "Working Safely and Healthily in the Digital Age"
The Regional Labour Inspectorate (IRT) will hold a seminar on ‘Working Safely and Healthily in the Digital Age’ on October 30 at Nonagon - São Miguel Science and Technology Park in Lagoa, as announced by the Regional Secretariat for Youth, Housing and Employment. This event is part of the European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2024. It is aimed at professionals from all sectors of activity as well as all interested people who have or will have responsibilities in the area of Occupational Safety and Health. Registration is free and must be completed by October 28 using the form: https://forms.office.com/e/eLt55h8PZS. "Digitisation of Work: New Risks for Occupational Safety and Health," "Training Workers in the Use of New Digital Technologies," and "The Digitisation of Work and the Psychosocial Health of Workers" will be among the topics discussed and debated. With this initiative, the Regional Secretariat for Youth, Housing and Employment, through the Regional Labour Inspectorate (IRT), seeks to contribute to the dissemination and awareness of workers and employers in the Region to a new and wide-ranging topic in the labour world. The opening session of the seminar "Working Safely and Healthily in the Digital Age" will be chaired by the Regional Secretary for Youth, Housing and Employment, Maria João Carreiro. More information and the seminar programme are available here.
September 7, 2023
Press Release
With regard to the public release of information by the National Union of Telecommunications and Audiovisual Workers - SINTTAV about the results of the inspection on RTP this Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the Regional Labour Inspectorate (IRT) hereby informs the following: 1 - SINTTAV has the legitimacy to request an inspection procedure in situations where the defence of the interests of the workers it represents are at stake, as provided for in article 16(1) of the IRT Statute; 2 - Such legitimacy confers on SINTTAV the right to be informed, whenever it so requests, about the results of the inspection procedure, as set out in article 16(2) of the aforementioned IRT Statute; 3 - Under these circumstances, the information provided must not only safeguard the secrecy of justice, but must also safeguard the rights of employers, as set out in the IRT Statute, and SINTTAV is the sole party responsible for the alleged content of the results of the inspection that has beem made public; 4 - SINTTAV was not authorised by the IRT to make the results of the inspection public, and it is true that most of the situations allegedly reported by the IRT were not mentioned at any time, namely judgments about misconduct in service provision contracts; 5 - The IRT has respected and will continue to respect the right of SINTTAV to be informed of the results of the inspection, but condemns any action that could jeopardise the secrecy of justice or the rights of the employer; 6 - The IRT only has powers to ascertain the existence or non-existence of evidence of situations that could be regarded as subordinate work, and it is up to the courts to decide, so conclusions can only be drawn after a final judgment has been delivered.