RLS refresher

Mandatory annual refresher for Workers' Safety Representatives. Covers regulatory updates, newly emerging risks and tools for taking an active part in prevention.

Duration

8 hours

Delivery mode

Classroom

Target audience

RLS (Workers' Safety Representatives); annual refresher.

Regulatory reference: Legislative Decree 81/2008, Article 37(11)

Programme

A note on duration: Article 37(11) of Legislative Decree 81/2008 requires an annual refresher of 4 hours for companies with between 15 and 50 workers, and of 8 hours for companies with more than 50 workers. This course is structured as the 8-hour version, which applies to organisations with more than 50 employees. Companies with 15 to 50 workers must deliver the first 4 hours (Modules 1 and 2).

Module 1, Regulatory update (2 hours)

Amendments and additions to Legislative Decree 81/2008 and to the relevant technical standards
Recent ministerial circulars and INAIL guidelines
Developments in case law on the participation of the RLS
Rights and prerogatives of the RLS: update and practical cases

Module 2, Emerging risks and new assessments (2 hours)

Psychosocial risks: work-related stress, mobbing, burnout
Interference risks and contracted work (DUVRI): the role of the RLS
Chemical, carcinogenic and mutagenic agents: updated classification
Risks connected with the use of new technologies and the digitalisation of work

Module 3, Tools for participation and consultation (2 hours)

The RLS’s right to be consulted: how to exercise it effectively
Access to workplaces and to information: operating practice
Interface with the Prevention and Protection Service (SPP) and the occupational physician
Drafting minutes and formal communications: examples and templates

Module 4, Accident analysis and promotion of prevention (2 hours)

Methods for analysing accidents and occupational diseases
Statistical safety indicators: how to read and use them
Awareness campaigns and the promotion of a safety culture
Case study: participatory analysis of a typical accident and definition of corrective measures

Objectives

To maintain and update the skills of Workers’ Safety Representatives in legislation, the assessment of emerging risks and the tools of participation, in accordance with the annual refresher obligation set by Article 37(11) of Legislative Decree 81/2008, ensuring an active and effective role in company prevention.