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Government achieves great deal regarding safety at work
Belgrade,
27 April 2007
Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection Slobodan Lalovic said today that in the previous period the government achieved a great deal regarding safety at work and recalled that the Law on safety and health at work, as well as a set of bylaws, were adopted in 2005.
At a press conference on occasion of the World Day of Safety and Health at Work, Lalovic said that a decree on safety measures and health at work is under way, as well as a bill on insurance and compensation for accidents at work, adding that these should be adopted by the end of the year.
He said that sanctioning cannot bring order into the area of safety at work and stressed that educational propaganda is necessary if the awareness of the employers and employees is to be positively affected and they area to realise that abiding by the rules and regulations is in their interest.
Director of the Directorate for Safety and Health at Work Vera Bozic-Trefalt recalled that in the course of 2006, 54 injures were recorded in Serbia which eventually caused death, 966 serious injures and over 20,000 injures that caused workers to take sick leaves of more than three days.
According to Bozic-Trefalt, the actual number of injures at work is in fact greater since many cases are not registered.
President of the Serbian Union of Employers Rato Ninkovic warned that approximately 276,000 employers in Serbia are not aware of how much the fines are for the disrespect of the regulations regarding safety at work and they find that out only when fined by inspectors.
Ninkovic said that employers are aware of their responsibility for safety in the work place and appealed to work inspectors to carry out controls more frequently.
Representative of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Joana Kosk-Bienco warned that in 2005 in 27 EU countries 6 million workers had an accident at work place and 8,900 workers died of injuries, which means that almost every day a worker dies due to injuries at work.
Kosk-Bienco said that more than 10% of those injured at work are young people of 25 years on average, adding that women should be particularly be taken care of, as well as elderly and immigrant workers who are not aware of the regulations for safety at work due to language barriers.
He said that sanctioning cannot bring order into the area of safety at work and stressed that educational propaganda is necessary if the awareness of the employers and employees is to be positively affected and they area to realise that abiding by the rules and regulations is in their interest.
Director of the Directorate for Safety and Health at Work Vera Bozic-Trefalt recalled that in the course of 2006, 54 injures were recorded in Serbia which eventually caused death, 966 serious injures and over 20,000 injures that caused workers to take sick leaves of more than three days.
According to Bozic-Trefalt, the actual number of injures at work is in fact greater since many cases are not registered.
President of the Serbian Union of Employers Rato Ninkovic warned that approximately 276,000 employers in Serbia are not aware of how much the fines are for the disrespect of the regulations regarding safety at work and they find that out only when fined by inspectors.
Ninkovic said that employers are aware of their responsibility for safety in the work place and appealed to work inspectors to carry out controls more frequently.
Representative of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Joana Kosk-Bienco warned that in 2005 in 27 EU countries 6 million workers had an accident at work place and 8,900 workers died of injuries, which means that almost every day a worker dies due to injuries at work.
Kosk-Bienco said that more than 10% of those injured at work are young people of 25 years on average, adding that women should be particularly be taken care of, as well as elderly and immigrant workers who are not aware of the regulations for safety at work due to language barriers.
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