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Greatest contribution to reforms in the field of occupational safety

Belgrade, 27 October 2006

Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy Slobodan Lalovic said today that the greatest contribution to reform processes and Serbia's approximation to European integration has been achieved in the field of occupational safety.

Lalovic said at a closing meeting of the European occupational safety week themed "Workplace risk evaluation" that the Law on occupational safety was adopted late last year which regulates this field in a new and modern way. He added that the harder part of the work is yet to be done, and that is to educate employers and employees to take care of themselves at their workplace.

Senior expert for occupational safety from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Regional office for central and eastern Europe Annie Rice said that the European occupational safety week is first of all dedicated to the young because they have the highest incidence of job-related injuries.

The reason for that is that the young are not careful enough, they are new at work and that is why they have a 50% higher risk of being hurt than their senior coworkers.

President of the Serbian Employers' Union Rato Ninkovic said that every employer should be educated because there is no excuse for avoiding responsibility when someone dies at their workplace.

Assistant Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy in the Sector for Labour Inspection Zivka Djuric said that a small number of complaints related to occupational safety are being processed, adding that out of 1,000 complaints filed last year, only 12% have been processed.