Complying with the new characteristics of economic development, relevant departments should adhere to and innovate in labor protection, timely discover and master new situations and new problems, listen to the opinions of employees, improve and improve relevant institutional measures and legal guarantees, and take initiative and active actions. Efforts are made to achieve a seamless connection between labor protection and economic and social development. At the same time, it helps laborers to establish awareness of labor protection and calls on them to supervise the implementation of labor protection measures by enterprises and localities, and achieve a win-win situation between the company's efficiency and employee well-being.

On September 12, this newspaper opened a column entitled “How Labour Protection Answers the Question of the Times”, focusing on the new situations and new issues faced by the current labor protection, as well as some problems that are incompatible with the development of the times and production practices. The first report was concerned with the issue of the distribution of hazardous post allowances in some localities.

Labor protection is the general term for the legislation, organization, and technical measures adopted by countries and organizations to protect the safety and health of workers in the labor production process. “Strengthening labor protection and improving working conditions” are clearly stipulated in relevant laws of our country and have always been an important part of daily production and management of governments and enterprises at all levels.

At present, with the development of economic society, China's production technology, production environment, and the group of employees have all experienced great development and changes - industrial enterprises have gradually moved away from the main city area; 80 and 90 have gradually become the mainstay of the workforce; New equipment and new technologies emerge in an endless stream; backward production capacity has gradually been eliminated; new operators in the new format have substantially increased, artificial intelligence has entered the production line, and man-machine interaction has occurred...

With the rapid development of production conditions and production tools, labor protection concepts and labor protection measures in some regions and enterprises have not been updated in a timely manner. Despite the continuous emergence of new occupations and new production technologies, labor protection laws and regulations have not been fully covered. Some workers fall into the situation where labor protection is useless and lawless.

For example, in the past, we have always been trapped in "accidentalism" in the identification of work-related injuries. We believe that "work-related injuries" are damages caused by dangerous poisons, pollutants, and mechanical injuries during work, which are mainly manifested as external injuries. However, with the development of society and the accelerating pace of life, work pressure has increased, and the mental pain associated with work and the illness induced by fatigue have gradually emerged and increased. These are not covered by the concept of “work injury”.

At the “occupational disease” level, there are also some diseases that are different from traditional occupation-related diseases, such as mouse hands and dry eye diseases. However, these are not included in the current list of occupational diseases.

Even some traditional occupations face many new situations in labor protection. For example, sanitation workers do not need to carry buckets back, but may face toxic gas masks that cannot be resisted.

Labor protection has a profound practical significance and economic significance. In the production process, people are the most precious, and they are the decisive factors in the factors of productivity. Eliminating unsafe and unhygienic factors in production can reduce or avoid the occurrence of various types of accidents; creating a comfortable working environment can stimulate labor enthusiasm, fully mobilize and mobilize people's enthusiasm, and thus help increase labor productivity and increase economic efficiency. . At the same time, efforts to strengthen labor protection can also reduce the expenses incurred by the injured and sick people as a result of casualties and occupational diseases, and reduce the direct or indirect economic losses caused by equipment damage and suspension of production. History and experience tell us that doing a good job of labor protection is an important guarantee and prerequisite for the development of the social economy.

In order to protect the labor safety and health of workers, avoid the harm of toxic and harmful substances, and prevent or eliminate occupational poisoning and occupational diseases, many laws and regulations on labor hygiene are formulated in China. Many companies also provide labor for workers in accordance with the law. Protective equipment supplies. This is a necessary and a responsibility. Related work should be carried forward with the times and persist.

Complying with the new characteristics of economic development, relevant departments should adhere to and innovate in labor protection, timely discover and master new situations and new problems, listen to the opinions of employees, improve and improve relevant institutional measures and legal guarantees, and take initiative and active actions. Efforts are made to achieve a seamless connection between labor protection and economic and social development. At the same time, it helps laborers to establish awareness of labor protection and calls on them to supervise the implementation of labor protection measures by enterprises and localities, and achieve a win-win situation between the company's efficiency and employee well-being.

The status of labor protection also reflects the progress of the rule of law and the degree of social civilization. Labor protection that is advancing with the times is both the workers' strong desire and the standard of social progress.