RELATIONSHIP OF THE CONCEPTS: "OCCUPATIONAL PROTECTION" AND "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND EMPLOYEE HEALTH"

The definition of the conceptual difference between the concepts of "Occupational safety" and "Occupational safety" and the proposed changes that must be implemented in the occupational safety management systems (occupational safety and health of workers/safety and health of workers at work) in organizations in the case of adopting a new legislation. To achieve the specified goal, research methods were used, which include theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific literature on the analysis of terminology, as a set of methods of research and description of language through its systematic comparison of structural ties between their various interpretations, with the aim of identifying certain specific and common features that will allow to systematize the acquired knowledge. It is proposed that the concept of "Occupational safety" does not disappear in the concept of "Safety and health of workers at work", but becomes one of its main components and essentially transforms into the concept of "Minimum requirements of occupational safety". The concept of "Safety and health of employees at work" differs from the concept of "Occupational safety" in that it additionally includes requirements for managing occupational risks with the aim of reducing their levels to acceptable levels through the implementation of appropriate "preventive" and "protective" measures . It was established that the concept of "Safety and health of workers at work" differs from the concept of "Occupational safety", as it includes requirements for conducting audits of the management system of safety and health of workers at work, and also has a main difference regarding the need to develop policies and goals in employee safety and health management systems. The scientific novelty of the presented research lies in the definition of the components of the concept "Safety and health of workers at work", which includes the requirements of occupational health and safety. The practical value of what is presented lies in the interpretation of the terms safety and health of workers at work as a combination of occupational safety and health in order to fulfill minimum safety requirements with a combination of supervision of the implementation of legislative and regulatory requirements of occupational safety and ensuring the investigation of accidents at work, as well as the addition of processes management of professional risks and audit of occupational safety management systems.