Labour Code of 30 June 1978. Jurisdiction Ecuador Year 1978 Published in Spanish Original/other title [Spanish] Código del trabajo del 30 de junio de 1978 Serial title Registro Oficial del Ecuador Source Year III, No.650, 16 Aug. 1978. 81p. (English and French translations and original Spanish version published in Legislative Series, 1978-EC.1, International Labour Office, 1211 Genčve 22, Switzerland). Descriptors [Primary] Ecuador, occupational safety and health [Secondary] law, manual lifting, occupational hygiene, responsibilities of employers, role of labour inspection, workmen's compensation, workplace design Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract Title IV (occupational hazards) of the Code is divided into chapters concerning: determination of hazards and employer's responsibility; occupational accidents; classified list of occupational diseases for which compensation is payable; compensation for occupational accidents and diseases; commissions established by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (composed of a labour inspector, the Director-General or an Assistant Director of the Ministry, a physician representing the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute, and a public health doctor) to determine hazards; prevention of hazards, occupational safety and health and industrial hygiene, planning of industrial premises, workplace environment (ventilation, humidity, smoking prohibited in all workplaces), limitation of weights to be lifted and carried manually. CIS No. 80-592 Database ID 33200