The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the national labour inspectorate Act article 1. The purpose of the law this law aims at establishing the National Labour Inspectorate's legal status, tasks and functions.
2. article. The National Labour Inspectorate's legal status (1) the National Labour Inspectorate (Labour Inspectorate) is under the supervision of the Ministry of welfare, the existing public administration.
(2) the Labour Inspectorate is a legal person, and it is supplemented with a small picture of the Latvian National coat-of-arms and the full name of the Labour Inspectorate.
(3) the Labour Inspectorate's Statute approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
3. article. The Labour Inspectorate's tasks and functions (1) the Labour Inspectorate's role is to take measures to ensure the effective implementation of the national policy of labour relations, labour protection and the technical supervision of dangerous equipment.
(2) implementing the first paragraph of this article, the labour inspectorate shall perform the following functions: 1) monitored and controlled labour relations, labour protection and monitoring of equipment technical legislation;
2) controls how employers and employees mutually fulfils the obligations they establish employment contracts and collective agreements;
3) encourage employers ' and employees ' cooperation;
4) take steps to encourage the prevention of dispute between employers and employees;
5) examines the labour relations, labour protection and technical supervision of dangerous equipment;
6) laws made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the accident investigation and uniform registration;
7) regulations prescribed occupational disease cases in the investigation;
8) Cabinet of Ministers duly investigates dangerous emergency equipment;
9) legislation established registers of hazardous installations;
10) shall authorise the commissioning of hazardous installations;
11) controls the work of the existing working equipment, the staff of individual and collective protective equipment, health and use of dangerous substances, as well as compliance with the technological process according to the requirements of the law;
12) take the statutory equipment, work equipment and the work of personnel of individual and collective protective equipment market surveillance;
13) gives free advice to employers, employees and the possessor of dangerous equipment on labour relations, labour protection and monitoring of equipment technical legislative requirements;
14) license issued by legal persons who perform labour protection training, preparation of specialists for the protection and promotion of their qualifications;
15) organised by the European Agency for safety and health at work in the creation of national contact points and ensure its operation.
4. article. Labour inspection in the field of monitoring and control (1) the Labour Inspectorate for the supervision and control of the subject: 1) economic operators, State and local authorities, religious and community organizations;
2) employers and their authorized persons according to their duties and powers;
3) corporate (organizational units, in which the employers employ employees), as well as any other places in the company, which employed are available to work (monitoring and control).
(2) the Labour Inspectorate for the supervision and control of the equipment are exposed to dangerous and their proprietors.
5. article. Labour inspection officers (1) labour inspection officers is the Director of the labour inspection services and all levels of national labour inspectors. Labour inspection officers are civil servants.
(2) the officials of the Labour Inspectorate have the right to: 1) presentation of a certificate of service without prior notification or authorization at any time of day, the employer's or hazardous equipment in the absence of the holder: (a)) to visit and view their surveillance and control objects, subject b) examine work processes, work environment and labour protection measures;
2) to carry out the verification, control and investigation or request the information needed to ensure that the legislation is complied with, to this end: (a)) ask employers, possessor of dangerous equipment, employees and other persons on labour relations, labour protection and technical supervision of dangerous equipment, b) request tracking, registration or other documents required in accordance with the legislation on labour relations , labour protection and the technical supervision of dangerous equipment to make sure the documents comply with the laws and regulations, as well as to request copies and extracts, c) to request information necessary for the labour inspectorate to address labour relations, labour protection and supervision of dangerous equipment technical issues, (d)) to make the work environment a factor measurements, take photos, make audio and video recordings, as well as to take samples of materials and substances for analysis call upon specialists, e) special tasks;
3) invite to the Labour Inspectorate, the employer of the possessor of dangerous equipment, personnel or other natural person or legal person-representatives from over to them for information on labour relations, labour protection and the technical supervision of dangerous equipment issues or provide them information, explanations and other assistance on these matters;
4) organize the employer, possessor of dangerous equipment, employer and employee organisations and other legal entities and physical persons of the representatives meeting to discuss labour relations, labour protection and technical supervision of dangerous equipment;
5) receive from the employers and the possessor of such hazardous equipment with the skipper of the nature of the object, the location, the nature of the checks to be carried out and the duration of the security conditions, the proportion required labour inspection tasks;
6) decisions of labour relations, labour protection and the technical supervision of dangerous equipment, as well as issue warnings and issue instructions to employers or possessor of dangerous equipment;
7) to stop business activities in accordance with the laws and regulations on enterprises, institutions and organisations of the suspension order;
8) for administrative violations in the administrative procedures laid down to punish employers and possessor of dangerous installations, as well as other people.
(3) the labour inspection official decisions, issued orders and warnings expressed in this statutory jurisdiction is required to play in all the Labour Inspectorate for the supervision and control of those under legal and natural persons.
6. article. Labour inspection (1) the Labour Inspectorate Director (Director) nomination for prosperity Ministers approved a recommendation to Cabinet. Welfare Minister Director appointed and removed from Office, subject to the civil law.
(2) the Director: 1) run by the Labour Inspectorate and is responsible for the execution of the tasks of the Labour Inspectorate;
2) approved by the Labour Inspectorate's annual programme of activities and calendar plan;
3) defines the structure of the Labour Inspectorate;
4) labour inspection officers and staff responsibilities and monitor their activities;
5) complaints and makes decisions on labour inspection officers;
6) without special authorisation represents labour inspection.
7. article. Financing of the labour inspectorate the Labour Inspectorate (1) are financed from the State budget.
(2) the Labour Inspectorate imposed administrative fines are credited to the General Government revenues.
8. article. The prohibition to disclose information labour inspection officers and employees of their duties, as well as after leaving the civil service, or when you are terminated or terminated with labour inspection, prohibited illegal to divulge such restricted access information: 1) information related to the application of the labour inspection and complaint files;
2 information about hazardous installations) the registry;
3 secrets of work processes), which have become known in the performance of their duties;
4) the particulars of the persons who submitted complaints about violations of the law, as well as information that the check was carried out in connection with such complaints;
5) details of business operators that the labour inspectorate to request the license regulations in commercial ways.
9. article. Provision of information to other parties (1) the officials of the labour inspectorate shall ensure access to information available to the public in accordance with the legislation on freedom of information.
(2) the labour inspectorate shall co-operate with the European Union Member States competent authorities that monitor and control compliance with the laws and labour relations, labour protection and the technical supervision of dangerous equipment. Such cooperation shall in particular apply to the provision of information in connection with the posting of workers for the Member of the European Union, and this information will be provided free of charge.
10. article. Labour inspection provision of information

(1) the companies registry, the State revenue service, the non-profit organisation State joint stock company "State social insurance agency", as well as other State and local authorities provide labour inspection free of charge the information necessary to its mission and functions.
(2) the medical authorities and law enforcement authorities at the request of the Inspectorate of work free of charge to provide the information required in the work accident and occupational disease, as well as the crash investigation of dangerous equipment.
11. article. Officials of the Labour Inspectorate decision, order and notice of opposition or appeal (1) a Person who considers that the relevant administrative act limiting its legal interests to all levels of State labour inspectors orders or warnings may be appealed to the Director within 10 days from the moment of the order or notice it learned.
(2) a Person who considers that the relevant administrative act limiting its legal interests to all levels of State labour inspectors can be appealed to the Director within 10 days from the moment when it became aware of the decision, but the Director's decision — judicial review of the decision within 10 days of the date of entry into force.
(3) the order or challenge shall not suspend the alert or warning order execution, except when it is stopped with the investigating complaint written decision.
Transitional provisions 1. With the entry into force of this law shall lapse in the law "on State labour inspection" (laws and rules, No 17.05.39, 12; The Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1993, 20/21.nr.; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, no. 16; 1995, no. 8; in 1996, no 24).
2. Until the new cabinet from the date of entry into force of the provisions, but no longer than up to 31 May 2002, are applicable to the Cabinet of Ministers of 30 April 1996, the provisions of no. 157 "rules on dangerous equipment accidents investigation and accounting procedures".
3. Until the new cabinet from the date of entry into force of the provisions, but no longer than until 2002 December 31 apply to the Cabinet of Ministers of 21 July 1998, the provisions of no. 260 "procedure in question permits blasting and explosives warehouse deployments".
4. This law, paragraph 14 of article 3 is in force until 31 December 2002.
The law shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
The law adopted by Parliament in 2001 on 13 December.
 
The President of the Parliament instead of the President j. stream in Riga, 2001 28 December Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on January 1, 2002.