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2) Labor Protection Service at the enterprise

According to Art. 15 of the Law of Ukraine "On Labor Protection" in the

enterprise (company) with a number of employees of 50 or more persons, the
employer creates a Labor Protection Service.
At the enterprise with fewer than 50 employees, the functions of the Labor
Protection Service may be performed by persons who have the appropriate training in
the order of employment combining the positions.
At the enterprise with fewer than 20 employees, outsourced specialists may be
hired to perform the functions of the Labor Protection Service, with appropriate
training.
The Labor Protection Service reports directly to the employer.

Managers and specialists of the Labor Protection Service are equal in their
position and salaries to the managers and specialists of the basic production and
technical services.

Specialists of Labor Protection Service in case of detection of labor protection
violations have the right to:
 to issue to the heads of structural divisions of the enterprise obligatory for the
fulfillment the prescription for the elimination of the existing deficiencies, to
receive from them the necessary information, documentation, and explanations
on labor safety issues;
 demand the removal from work of persons who have not passed the medical
examination, training, instruction, knowledge testing and have no admission to
the relevant works or do not implement the requirements of normative legal
acts on labor protection;
 to suspend the activity of a production site, fields, facilities, vehicles,
machinery, equipment and other means of production in the event of violations
that endanger the life or health of workers;
 send to the employer a report on bringing to account employees who violate
the requirements on labor protection.

Only an employer can cancel the prescription (instructions) from a labor
protection specialist.
The liquidation of the labor protection service is allowed only in the event of
the liquidation of the enterprise or the termination of the use of hired labor by an
individual.

Management related to the sphere of influence of employees shall be carried
out by:

 Employees;
 Trade unions or persons authorized by labor collectives;
 Commission on Occupational Health and Safety of the enterprise.

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