RLS
The RLS is the figure who represents the employers before the Employer for safety and is elected by the workers according to the number of employees in the company.
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Who is the RLS course aimed at?
The course complies with Decree 81/2008 and provides skills on the main techniques for controlling and preventing risks. The RLS course is aimed at employers' safety representatives (as defined in Art. 2 of Legislative Decree 81/08, Consolidation Act on Safety) and is delivered using FAD (Synchronous Distance Learning) mode only, as e-learning is not permitted in all collective labour agreements.
Sanctions
An employer who does not fulfil the mandatory training of the employee representative is liable to a sanction ranging from arrest, from 2 to 4 months, to a fine, from €1,474.21 to €6,388.23.
What can I do once I have completed the course?
The training relates to the specific risks of the environments in which the RLS exercises his representation. The aim is to ensure that the Employers' Safety Representative has adequate skills in the main techniques for controlling and preventing these risks. The employer who is elected RLS is obliged to undergo a 32-hour training course and annual refresher training.
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In companies with up to 15 employers, the RLS is chosen from among the employees, while in companies with more than 15 employers, it is elected from within the company trade union representatives: if no employers within the company wish to take on the role of RLS, it must be elected by the external representatives. The RLS becomes a point of reference between employer, workers and institutions, participates in the process of work risk prevention and has a supervisory role.
What did the course consist of?
The RLS (Employers' Safety Representatives) course aims to provide an adequate level of knowledge to recognise risks in the workplace and to implement all necessary practices to control and prevent them. The recipients of the course are Employers' Safety Representatives (as defined in Article 2 of Legislative Decree 81/08, Consolidated Safety Act). Various topics will be covered during the course
- the legislative system in relation to employer safety;
- civil and criminal liability;
- the criteria needed to identify risks;
- risks related to work equipment, video terminals, stress, origin and gender; company relations and communication with the company.
RLS: how did this figure come about?
The RLS officially came into being in 1994 with Legislative Decree 626, even though, as early as 1942, there had already been a number of mandates for employers to protect their employees. The need for this figure arose because the employer operates within a working environment whose organisation and programming is defined by the entity on which he or she depends: the need to make the internal dynamics more open, empowering and safe for employers was therefore already realised in the 1940s, until the 1990s when it was made official.
The Employers' Safety Representative has three fundamental rights and obligations:
- Access. The RLS must have access to operational workplaces and their documentation, at the same time being updated about any substances, installations or environments that may be hazardous.
- Consultation. The Employers' Safety Representative must be consulted by the employer and the staff in advance, particularly on the basis of the work planning and the risk assessment carried out.
- Training. The RLS is entitled to specific training on health and safety, particularly with regard to aspects inherent to their area of representation. This will enable him/her to master the main techniques for controlling and preventing risks.
Reference Standards
- Civil Code, Art. 2087
- Law 300/1970 (Employers' Statute), Art. 9
- Legislative Decree 626/1994, Articles 18 and 19
- Legislative Decree 81/2008, Art. 47-5