City lacks labour safety inspectors
A shortage of safety inspectors has led to an increase in labour accidents in HCM City, the city’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) has said.
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The department will also open more professional training courses for inspectors as well as improve labour safety awareness among employees and employers through workshops. |
Tran Trung Dung, deputy head of the department, said the city’s inspection equipment was also outdated and that agencies had not worked together effectively to ensure labour safety.
DoLISA has asked the city People’s Committee for permission to hire more inspectors for each district.
The department will also open more professional training courses for inspectors as well as improve labour safety awareness among employees and employers through workshops.
For the first quarter of the year, the number of labour accidents quadrupled compared to the same period last year.
The number of occupational ailments has also increased, the majority of which are chronic bronchial inflammation and other respiratory diseases as well as deafness.
Dr Dinh Tu Phong of Saigon-Ito Orthopedic Trauma Hospital said that 2.7 million labourers work in a dangerous, toxic environment.
Many companies were not improving working conditions and environmental protection for their workers, Dung said.
Workers also lack awareness of labour safety and hygiene, especially people who work seasonal jobs.
Every year in March, the Government organises a National Labour Safety and Hygiene Week to encourage companies to follow safety regulations.
VietNamNet/Viet Nam News
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