Investigation documents and reports on workplace incidents will have to be submitted using the State Labour Inspectorate (VDI) system, which means that documents will no longer be submitted on paper.
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The ministry claims that the changes were proposed taking into account the inspectorate’s comments. This institution supervises the investigation of minor workplace accidents, checks minor workplace accident reports, and registers workplace accident reports.
“Currently, documents need to be physically brought to the VDI. We say that this is a thing of the past and we are talking about implementing an electronic system, where such a report could be submitted to the inspectorate without leaving the office,” said the Minister of Social Security and Labour Inga Ruginienė at a government meeting.
It is indicated that the VDI receives about 8,000 reports per year, most of which (96%) are submitted in paper form, while about 3 percent of documents are received through the system.
According to the institution, entering the report data into the system takes about half an hour, so, according to the inspectorate, these procedures take about 481 employee workdays per year.
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“This time could be devoted to other VDI employee safety and health regulatory violations prevention and control functions,” the document to the government states.
The Cabinet of Ministers also extended the duration of workplace incident investigations, including accidents on the way to or from work, from ten to 15 working days.
I. Ruginienė noted that the changes aim to reduce bureaucratic burden and will have a positive impact by simplifying procedures.
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