RA approved ratification of protocol to CIS agreement "On the  Procedure for Investigating Occupational Accidents Involving Workers  Located Outside Their State of Residence"

ArmInfo. At a meeting on June 18, the Armenian government approved the ratification of the protocol to the CIS Member States' Agreement "On the Procedure for  Investigating Occupational Accidents Involving Workers Outside Their  State of Residence."

The rationale for the draft resolution notes that the agreement  itself was signed on December 9, 1994.  Experience with the  document's implementation shows that there is currently a need to  amend it to update certain provisions and improve the procedures  established by the agreement.

The protocol amending the document was signed on June 5, 2025. The  implementation of these amendments is driven by the importance of  clarifying the terms used in the agreement, as well as the need to  address emerging technological and production risks.

The agreement is supplemented by an article that provides for the  transfer of information about an accident between the competent  authorities of those countries that oversee and monitor compliance  with labor legislation.

It sets out occupational safety requirements in the event of an  accident occurring during departure from and return to the  destination of a business trip, including transit, within the  territory of any CIS country. With a seconded employee who is a  citizen of another country. This clause also stipulates that the  employer, in the employment relationship with the employee, is  obligated to conduct an official investigation of the accident in  accordance with the regulations established in the country of the  secondment, the implementation of which is monitored by the competent  authority overseeing and monitoring compliance with occupational  safety requirements in that country.