Labor Alert – June 2020

Additional provisions are established with regard to the Monitoring, Prevention and Control Plan of Covid-19 at work

Today the Ministerial Resolution No. 377-2020-SA has been published, which grants the National Center of Occupational Health and Environmental Protection for Health (CENSOPAS), authority for the administration of the registration of the Monitoring, Prevention and Control Plan of Covid-19  at work (hereinafter, «the Plan») at SICOVID-19, as well as its post-audit.

The main provisions include:

• The Plan is updated monthly, at the same time that the PLAME must be sent according to the last digit of the RUC of each company. The document must be sent to all workers within 24 hours of its registration at SICOVID.
• The subsequent monitoring of the Plan is carried out by CENSOPAS, which shall verify certain formal and content aspects of the document.
• If certain fields have been omitted, false or untrue information has been provided, or any of the guidelines have been violated, the corrective measure of suspension or cancellation of the registration shall be issued until it is amended.

Likewise, a Register of Incidents shall be created by CENSOPAS, which shall cause said entity to communicate with the professionals of the Occupational Safety and Health Service or the members of the Occupational Safety and Health Committee in order to determine the authenticity of the Plan. This information shall be sent to SUNAFIL, the corresponding sectors and local governments.