The paper analyzes the functionality of the legislation on work accidents and occupational diseases in the reality of production and business today, addressing its critical problems: self-employed workers -Law 20.255-, distance work, informal work,with special emphasis on small and medium company. lt runs on the challenges and the role that
prevention must play as the axis of the labor relations even in times of economic crisis. Finally, sets out the obligations of prevention contained in Law 16.744 on employers, workers, public authorities of monitoring and control.
Keywords:
Work accidents, labor risks, prevention, social security
Author Biography
Hugo Cifuentes Lillo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Doctor en Derecho de Seguridad Social. Profesor universitario. Director de la OISS.
Cifuentes Lillo, H. (2016). Los riesgos del trabajo y su prevención. Revista Chilena De Derecho Del Trabajo Y De La Seguridad Social, 1(2), pp. 33–60. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-7551.2010.43050
