LAW5606 Labour Law — Unit 5: Health, Safety and Welfare

Unit 5: Health, Safety and Welfare

5.1 Provisions on Health and Safety

The Act 2074’s OSH core: the workplace’s standards (the cleanliness, the ventilation, the lighting, the temperature — the factory-type conditions); the hazardous processes’ management (the identification-and-control; the protective equipment’s provision); the accidents’ prevention-and-reporting (the dangerous-occurrences’ notification; the inquiry’s duty); the health’s arrangements (the first-aid; the periodic medical checks — the hazardous industries’ faces); the OSH’s institutional faces (the safety committees; the officers’ duties); the ILO’s fundamental status (the C155-C187 pair’s 2022 elevation — the OSH as the fundamental right).

5.2 Provisions on Welfare

The welfare’s catalogue: the facilities (the drinking water, the rest rooms, the canteens, the creches — the women-workers’ children); the welfare officers (the big enterprises’ appointment duty); the welfare fund’s faces (the enterprise-and-sector funds); the recreation-and-transport (the industry’s own practices).

5.3 Evolving Trends on Health and Safety in Nepal

1. The OSH’s elevation — the safety’s rights-status (the ILO’s 2022 turn; the domestic alignment’s debates).
2. The informal sector’s challenge — the 80%-plus informality (the OSH’s non-reach — the agriculture-and-construction’s toll).
3. The migration’s OSH faces — the migrant workers’ destination risks (the Gulf’s heat-and-height deaths — the remittance’s dark ledger; the pre-departure orientation’s reforms).
4. The disasters’ lessons — the earthquakes-and-floods’ workplace impacts (the 2015’s aftermath; the reconstruction’s safety).
5. The digital-and-new-work — the platform workers’ conditions (the delivery riders’ faces — the new OSH questions).

Model Questions

1. Explain the health, safety and welfare provisions of the Labour Act 2074. (10)
2. Assess the evolving trends on health and safety in Nepal. (10)

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