{"product_id":"vragen-22259-geachte-heer-mevrouw-door-mijn-werk-wordt-ik-min-of-meer-gedwongen-om-te-werken-met-toxische-stof","title":"Advice on toxic substances at work","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Ir\/Madam,\n \nMy work more or less forces me to work with toxic substances. The protection provided by the employer is minimal in my opinion.\n Is there a sample letter in which I can express my dissatisfaction about the work to be carried out and hold my employer liable for any damage that may result from this?\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Dear questioner,\n\n As far as I know, there is no standard letter in which you can express your dissatisfaction to your employer. Furthermore, you can only hold your employer liable after you have suffered damage. There is no damage yet.\n\n What you can do is contact the inspection of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (http:\/\/www.inspectieszw.nl\/) and file a complaint. You can also contact the company doctor of your employer and report the situation there.\n\n Good luck!\n\n Kind regards,\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Day,\n \nadditionally; I do not know the toxic substances you have to work with, but what is important is the global and especially Western view of how to optimally protect employees, whereby the employer should not be asked to make the utmost effort (in terms of investment). But if a serious consequence of working with those specific substances can be prevented or reduced with a simple and cheap method, then you have a point.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n You can inform your employer of this course of events in a letter and indicate that you are not sufficiently protected against these substances. At the moment that you actually suffer damage due to this course of events, you can at least demonstrate that you have already raised this with your employer.\n\n For the rest I agree with the previous answer.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nIn various sectors such as hairdressing salons, certain safety requirements must be met regarding protection of e.g. hands, extraction of fumes etc. I advise you to look these up and point them out to your employer. If they do not take the required measures, you can indeed file a complaint with the SZW Inspectorate (formerly the Labour Inspectorate).\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55015521583453,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-22259-geachte-heer-mevrouw-door-mijn-werk-wordt-ik-min-of-meer-gedwongen-om-te-werken-met-toxische-stof","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}