Act No.24,557 - Hazards at work Jurisdiction Argentina Year 1995 Published in Spanish Original/other title [Spanish] Ley N° 24.5 - Riesgos del trabajo [Argentina] Serial title Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina Source 4 Oct. 1995, Year 103, No.28.242, 1a, p.1-5. Serial number Ley 24.557 Online availability [Spanish] http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/25000-29999/27971/texact.htm Descriptors [Primary] Argentina, hazard identification, occupational safety, occupational safety and health, plant safety and health organization [Secondary] degree of disability, law, penalties, responsibilities of employers, sickness absenteeism, workmen's compensation Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract This Act (effective 1 July 1996) has the following main aims: reduce the incidence of accidents in the workplace through the introduction of preventive measures; compensate the victims of occupational accidents and diseases and provide for their rehabilitation; promote the reinsertion of accident and disease victims; promote collective negotiations between employers and workers in the field of preventive measures and compensation. Main subjects covered: scope of the Act (employees of the private and public sector; by power of the Executive Branch the following can also be included: domestic workers, self-employed persons, workers not covered by the Labour Code, volunteer firemen); choice of self-insurance and obligatory insurance with an "Occupational Risk Insurer" (Aseguradora de Riesgos del Trabajo (ART)); prevention of occupational hazards (incl. role of ARTs and of their supervising agency, the Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo (SRT)); occupational accidents and diseases (incl.definition of various types of incapacity); compensation; financial responsibilities; civil responsibility of the employer; establishment of a tripartite Consultative Permanent Committee to supervise the Act; sanctions. CIS No. 97-1412 Database ID 69708