The Hong Kong Labor Office will implement the heat stroke guidance during the prevention work from next Monday (May 15th). Based on the summer heat index, they will issue warns to allow employers and employees to coordinate their rest time to prevent employees from heat stroke.The Hong Kong Construction Association believes that different types of work have different rest time, and the actual implementation is extremely difficult.
Comprehensive reports of the Hong Kong Radio and the Internet media "Hong Kong 01", etc., the Hong Kong Labor Office will send a summer hot warning of the three levels of work of yellow, red, and black according to the summer heat index issued by the Observatory.Different warning levels, arrange employees to rest time or suspend work, or provide equipment to reduce the risk of employees' heat stroke.
Feng Haoxian, deputy director of the Hong Kong Labor Department, said on Tuesday (May 9) on the Hong Kong Radio program that he hopes that the new guidance can provide an important reference for employers and take appropriate measures to prevent employees in summer hot weather.
He said that the person in charge of the venue and supervisor should first evaluate to understand the actual situation of each type of work.Although the work scenario is ever -changing, the person in charge should be the most clear about the employees and the objective environment of the venue at the scene. Therefore, after he encourages the person in charge to make an evaluation, he will discuss the rest arrangements with the employee, which is similar to the Huanghong -black heavy rain warning.
For the guidance that did not set up the employer, Feng Haoxian believed that most employers were willing to cooperate after persuasion.important.He said that if a special situation or inappropriate employers perform inappropriate, employees can call the Occupational Safety and Health Bureau's complaint hotline.
The official review the guidance two years later. Feng Haoxian said that the data of the year may not be 100 % accurate. More data must be made to make a scientific judgment, but the official inspection will act inappropriately.No need to wait until the review, the most important thing is to minimize the heat stroke risk of workers.
The Hong Kong Labor Office will launch a heat stroke guide during prevention work on Monday (8th), and will be implemented next Monday (15th).Under the new guidelines, workers of different types of workers can take a break or even stop working according to the guidelines.
However, the measures were controversial after the launch. Liang Jingguo, executive director of the Hong Kong Construction Chamber of Commerce, said on Tuesday on Tuesday that the Chamber of Commerce agreed that there was a stroke guidance during prevention work, but the current guidelines are complicated.Different breaks, it is very difficult to act in actual execution.They had suggested to the Labor Office adopting the simple -stop work arrangement, but did not receive a positive response from the other party.
Lin Zhensheng, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, said that the new guidelines have improved a lot than the previous guidelines, but it is not as a standard for shutdown, which is easy to doubt the workers. I hope that the prescription can continue to view the guidance during the implementation period.
