EMPLOYMENT INJURY SCHEMES AND THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES

OBJECTIVES The general objective of the course was: • Strengthen the capacity of employment injury institutions for the management of the occupational accidents and diseases and the promotion of the prevention approach on occupational safety and health. At the end of the course, participant was able to • Describe the role and functions of employment injury schemes in international labour standards and other related instruments. • Describe the organizational models of the employment injury schemes of selected countries as well as their policies, strategies and best practices on prevention activities. • Advice in the implementation of policies, strategies and approaches of employment injury schemes addressed to the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. • Establish conclusions and recommendations on the feasibility of applying different analyzed approaches and experiences to national and institutional contexts. • Transfer knowledge on the different best practices on Employment Injury Schemes CONTENT • Module 1: Introduction to the main concepts of Employment Injury Protection (EIP). • Module 2: A comparison between Employers' liability and Employment Injury Insurance approaches. • Module 3: EII process and coordination with other social security benefits. • Module 4: Social dialogue and Employment Injury Insurance (EII). • Module 5: International Labour Standards related to EIP. • Module 6: OSH and health related issues. • Module 7: Financial and rating systems. • Module 8: Investment policy. • Module 9: Main elements of the EII legal framework. • Module 10: Governance and institutional matters. • Module 11: Information technology and administrative processes towards digitalization. • Module 12: Combating evasion and advancing towards a better compliance. • Module 13: Linkages between prevention, compensation and return to work. • Module 14: Extension of EII scheme coverage to workers in informal economy. • Module 15: Extension of EII scheme coverage to migrant workers. • Module 16: Global supply chain and EII. • The ILO experiences and the international labour standards on employment injury schemes with particular attention to Convention No. 121. • The employment injury institutions: structure and financing. Compensation, medical assistance and rehabilitation. • Information technology and administrative processes towards digitization. • Concepts and fundamentals of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). • National OSH governance. • Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases for prevention purposes. • The ILO list of the occupational diseases. • The employment injury institutions and the function of prevention. • Extension of Social Protection to migrant workers. • The ISSA experience in prevention and protection strategies. • The ISSA experience in return to work disability management. • The provision of health and medical care: how to ensure an effective access and delivery? • The experiences of different national institutions: organizational models and selected best practices. • The experience of Vision Zero Fund. The Global Supply Chain and employment injury schemes. • The experience of the INAIL (National Work Injury Insurance Institute of Italy). • The experience of SUVA (National Work Injury Insurance Institute of Switzerland). • The experience of DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance institutions). • Employment Injury Insurance as a type of Social Insurance and its Korean practice. • The Malaysian experience on EII. NUMBER OF HOURS: 90