Art. 6.8 Legal Status (Local Employees) Regulations 2020, In-house emergency service

Legal Status (Local Employees) Regulations 2020

1. The head of mission draws on the assistance of one or more employees appointed by the head of mission as in-house emergency officers, for the purpose of taking effective measures to enable employees to move quickly to a place of safety or take other appropriate measures and for the purpose of minimising damage to health whenever a situation arises in which there is a direct threat to safety or health.

2. At a minimum, the following forms of assistance are provided:

a. first aid;

b. fire control, firefighting and accident prevention;

c. raising the alarm in emergencies and evacuating all employees and other people at the mission.

3. An employee who is appointed as an in-house emergency officer is entitled to an emergency service allowance as referred to in article 4.7.