Dear friends, as every week it is a pleasure to greet you, wishing you an excellent Thursday, the topic that will be discussed today will be; diseases in labor matters, what are they? Why are they considered work-related illnesses and the responsibilities that they have in legal matters, it is necessary to let you know, friends, that the Federal Labor Law considers work-related illnesses under the order through illness tables, which, through the Secretary of Labor and Social Prevention, must take into account and consider the advances in the labor law, The Secretary of Labor and Social Prevention must take into account and consider the advances in occupational medicine for the pertinent effects, in addition to the fact that the Secretary of Labor must be assisted by physicians in order to inform the legislature of the reform decree in case it is necessary to update or add more illnesses and be in a position to avoid greater risks to the working and/or economically active population; The above has legal basis through articles 513, 514 and 515 of the aforementioned law to cite some occupational diseases being the following: Pneumoconiosis and bronchopulmonary diseases caused by aspiration of dusts and fumes of animal or vegetable origin, diseases of the respiratory tract caused by inhalation of gases and vapors, dermatosis, occupational ophthalmopathies, diseases of the ocular apparatus caused by dusts and other physical and chemical biological agents, These are just to mention a few, since the list is extensive, the present article is intended to inform you about what are considered occupational diseases. The last table of occupational diseases published on December 5th of last year is not unnoticed; new table to which diseases such as “CANCER OF LABOR ORIGIN” and MENTAL DISORDERS were added.
In such a way that it is important to take into account that when an occupational disease arises or is duly established in the previous articles, it is certain that in case of omission of the work source, it is possible to claim such damage through a lawsuit and, of course, also through the social security benefits, of course, by accrediting through medical opinions with certified experts in occupational medicine, the degree of disability and indemnity payment to be covered, dear friends, it is the obligation of the workers and employers to adopt each and every one of the safety measures to avoid contracting diseases that derive in risk to the life of the workers, Likewise, it must be taken into account that when claiming the acquired occupational disease, it must be taken into account that the worker has not committed omissions in the preventive measures or use of the personal protection equipment, since otherwise the work source will be relieved of any payment, and being up to date with the employer's contributions, the same will be out of responsibility, and it will be the social security agency that must assume the costs and payments of social security benefits to the worker who has contracted the occupational disease.
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