SOME LEGAL ASPEC TS OF LABOR PROTECTION AT JEWELRY ENTERPRISES

Abstract

Problem setting. The article analyzes the criteria for recruitment to work in the jewelry industry, working conditions
on the jewelry enterprises, characterized the main causes of accidents. The author proposes changes to legislation, which
regulates the working conditions on the jewelry enterprises, to prevent accidents and professional diseases, to minimize
effect of harmful production factors.
Analysis of resent researches. Legal issues of labor protection disrupted in scientific works L. P. Amelicheva,
I. P. Beck, G. S. Goncharova, P. О. Izuyita, S. Y. Karachentsev, О. V. Soloviоv, I. I. Shamshina, О. М. Yaroshenko etc.
Some aspects of functioning Ukrainian and foreign markets of precious metals and stones from the economic point
of view studied O. O. Avramenko, V. M. Vartanian, I. O. Dudla, O. M. Malichenko, M. D. Martenchuk, Y. M. Popivnyak, K. M. Semeniuk and others. However, the science of labor law has no current researches devoted to legal regulation labor
of jewelers, while these issues acquire relevance.
Article’s main body. HR trend in recent years for jewelry enterprises – shortage of staff of workers specialties.
Jeweller performs labor function, associated with work with precious metals, precious stones, with chemical reagents;
works in potentially hazardous conditions; takes the risk of damage of health while performing the labor function.
Jewelry production is harmful, that justify the need for guarantees in the sphere of social protection – the right to an
annual additional vacation, the right to a pension on preferential terms, the special food, providing PPE.
The author considers it appropriate to develop a list of contraindications for work by jeweler profession to prevent
individual labor disputes caused by the refusal to recruit according to medical contraindications, proposes contents of the
list. Imperfect legislation confirms an old list of professional diseases that does not contain some professional diseases of
jewelers.
The author of the article analyzes in a specific example the causes of accidents at the jewelry enterprises and proposes
the legal means to prevent them.
Conclusions and prospects for the development. The legislation, that regulates working conditions at the jewelry
enterprises, has gaps. In order to improve the legal framework propose: 1) develop a list of contraindications for work by
jeweler profession; 2) to expand the list of professional diseases such diseases, from which get sick workers of the jeweler
industry; 3) to develop standards of free issuance of clothing, footwear and other PPE for workers of the jewelry enterprises;
4) to develop a special program to improve conditions and labor protection in the jewelry industry, filling this program
of the analyses and evaluation of professional risks when working jeweler, developing systems to monitor working
conditions in the workplace.