Occupational diseases and responsibilities of workers in statistics and reports
The newly issued Ministry of Health Circular 56/2025/TT-BYT guiding occupational disease management takes effect from February 15, 2026.
In which, regulations on the responsibility of employees in statistics and reports on occupational diseases are based on Article 17.
Article 17. Responsibilities of workers
1. Declare honest information about disease history and professional contact during health examination.
2. Participate in health check-ups before work assignments, health check-ups for occupational diseases organized by employers.
3. Fully follow the instructions, appointments for examination and treatment of practitioners after each examination.
4. Keep health management records in cases of termination of employment, termination of employment, or leave (Occupational disease records, reports on each case of employees with occupational diseases, documents related to examination and treatment at medical examination and treatment facilities) as a basis for examination, diagnosis, and assessment of occupational diseases if they are affected after a period of contact with harmful factors; transfer health management records to a new agency in case of transfer to a work agency.
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