Laborers engaged in operations exposed to the hazards of occupational diseases must be submitted in accordance with the law before starting work, and can not be arranged without pre-employment occupational health examination of workers engaged in operations exposed to the hazards of occupational diseases. Relevant laws and regulations are as follows:
"Law on Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases"
Article 35 For workers engaged in operations exposed to the hazards of occupational diseases, the employer shall, in accordance with the provisions of the State Council administrative department of health, organize the pre-job, on-the-job and off-the-job occupational health examination, and the results of the examination will be notified to the workers in writing. Occupational health examination costs borne by the employer.
The employer shall not arrange for workers who have not undergone a pre-employment occupational health examination to engage in operations exposed to the hazards of occupational diseases; it shall not arrange for workers with occupational contraindications to engage in operations contraindicated by such contraindications; workers who are found to have health impairments related to the occupations they are engaged in in an occupational health examination shall be transferred out of their original workplaces and be properly resettled; and those who do not undergo a pre-employment occupational health examination shall not be dismissed or terminated from the employment contract they have entered into. shall not cancel or terminate the labor contract concluded with them.
Occupational health examinations shall be undertaken by medical and health institutions that have obtained a License to Practice as a Medical Institution. The administrative department of health shall strengthen the standardization and management of occupational health examinations, and the specific management methods shall be formulated by the administrative department of health under the State Council.
Expanded information:
In addition to medical checkups, employers should provide workers with occupational health training before they start work and regular occupational health training while on the job. The relevant laws and regulations are as follows:
Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law
Article 34 The principal person in charge of the employing unit and the occupational health management personnel shall receive occupational health training, abide by the laws and regulations on the prevention and control of occupational diseases, and organize the work of preventing and controlling occupational diseases of the employing unit in accordance with the law.
The employer shall provide occupational hygiene training to workers before they start work and regular occupational hygiene training during their employment, popularize occupational hygiene knowledge, urge workers to comply with occupational disease prevention and control laws, rules and regulations and operating procedures, and guide workers to correctly use the occupational disease protection equipment and personal use of occupational disease protection articles.
Laborers should learn and master relevant occupational health knowledge, enhance awareness of occupational disease prevention, comply with occupational disease prevention and control laws, rules, regulations and operating procedures, the correct use and maintenance of occupational disease protection equipment and personal use of occupational disease protective equipment, occupational disease hazards found in the accident should be reported in a timely manner.
When a worker fails to fulfill the obligations stipulated in the preceding paragraph, the employer shall educate him/her.