Act No.13: Occupational Safety and Health Act Jurisdiction Cuba Year 1977 Published in Spanish Original/other title [Spanish] Ley No.13: Ley de protección e higiene del trabajo Serial title Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba Source 29 Dec. 1977, Vol.75, No.48, p.749-755. Descriptors [Primary] Cuba, occupational safety and health [Secondary] duplicate, government services, handicapped workers, law, role of government, role of workers' organizations, women, young persons Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract This Act, dated 28 Dec. 1977 and effective 29 Dec. 1977, contains chapters on: scope, protected persons; general aims of occupational safety and health (OSH); place of OSH in the national economic development plan, and its financing; OSH standards for new premises and plants; statistics; government departments and other public authorities responsible for implementing OSH, and their powers and duties; OSH education and training; role of trade unions; workers' rights and obligations; women and young persons; handicapped workers; occupational health (role of Ministry of Public Health). Duplicate of CIS 84-1493. CIS No. 80-895 Database ID 33451