Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.31306/s.66.1.4
Partial overview of the state administration bodies in Croatia responsible for occupational safety, 1990 to 2023
Cvetan Kovač
orcid.org/0000-0001-8984-942X
; ESSE - Europsko društvo inženjera sigurnosti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
*
Marinko Đ. Učur
; Rijeka, Hrvatska
Ivana Krišto
; Grad Zagreb, Zagreb, Hrvatska
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
The point and scope of this paper is to determine the common goal of the state administration, local and regional administrations and public services that work to ‘meet public interest and needs’, including occupational safety. Described in the paper are the state administration jobs, its organiza-tion (including in 2023), focusing in particular on the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy (Directorate for Labour and Safety at Work), and State Inspectorate, with special focus on the Labour Inspectorate, including the internal organization of the state administration bodies. A separate section addresses the chronology and development of the state administration bodies (their organization and scope through the ministries, central state offices and state administration organizations related to occupational safety from 1990 to 2023. The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia and the acts in force (as well as those valid from 1990 state the competencies of the state administration including the implementation of state policies, implementation of the law and other regulations and the directly implementable EU regulations, inspection, administrative supervision, and other administrative tasks of the state administration. If the system is to function successfully, the organization of the state administration, among other factors, is essential. The paper focuses on the organization of occupational safety under the authority of the various state administration bodies of the Republic of Croatia.
Keywords
state administration, inspection, occupational safety, State Inspectorate
Hrčak ID:
316316
URI
Publication date:
2.4.2024.
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