The 'Prevención10.es' website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy for assessing occupational risks for domestic workers has gone down this Thursday following a 'malicious attack,' one day before this measure becomes mandatory. 'The application is experiencing a service outage that was initially identified as an overload due to the high volume of users, but we have now confirmed it is a malicious attack. This is not about creating more administrative hurdles. It is about legal security. It is public support,' the government argued. 'Thank you for your understanding,' the Executive has informed. This is a free public advisory service on occupational risk prevention that allows companies with up to 25 employees to manage their occupational risks. Thus, this Friday, November 14th, is the deadline for individuals with domestic staff to have completed the occupational risk assessment and informed their workers about it. This tool was also designed with them in mind. And, as I say, this is not a punishment. We are working to restore it as soon as possible. It is precisely the opposite. It is support. Non-compliance carries fines ranging from 2,451 to 49,000 euros, as confirmed by the department headed by Yolanda Díaz to Europa Press. Risk assessment and anti-harassment protocol: key points of the new rule for domestic workers. Yolanda Díaz has stated that the norm protects 'the invisible ones, those who sustain our lives, care for us, and until very recently, lacked rights.' As the General Union of Workers (UGT) reminded on Thursday, this obligation for employers of domestic staff is included in Royal Decree 893/2024, of September 10, which regulates the protection of safety and health in the domestic service sector. The occupational risk assessment is a requirement of the Law on Prevention of Occupational Risks, and until now, employers of this group were not required to carry it out. The government's website for the mandatory certificate for domestic workers has crashed one day before the deadline. The INSST gave a six-month margin, until this Friday, November 14, to complete the assessment, warning that the process was mandatory and that non-compliance could lead to sanctions. The launch event for the tool took place in May at an event of the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work (Insst), attended by the Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, and the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo. Díaz, in turn, referred to the women who hire domestic help 'not as a privilege, but out of necessity.' 'And to them we also say today, we are addressing them and telling them that they are not alone either,' she added.
