Launching the month of occupational safety and hygiene and the month of workers in 2022

Risk of occupational insecurity, increasing accidents when speeding up production and business

This morning (April 28), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the General Confederation of Labor launched Action month on Occupational Safety and HealthWorker Month 2022.

Mr. Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member, Head of the Central Economic Commission; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, together with leaders of departments, ministries and a large number of workers and workers attended.

Mr. Dao Ngoc Dung – Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on behalf of the National Committee for Occupational Safety officially launched the Action Month on Occupational safety and hygiene 2022 with the theme “Strengthening measures to reduce risks in occupational safety and health, improving working conditions at work, adapting safely, flexibly and effectively controlling the Covid-19 epidemic.” -19″.

According to Minister Dao Ngoc Dung, taking care of and improving the material and spiritual life of the working class and workers has always been a major policy of our Party and State and the 2013 Constitution affirms one of the The basic right of workers to work safely and healthily in the workplace.

“In the past time, the loss of people and material damage due to work accidents and occupational diseases has decreased but is still great, causing mental and physical pain for many families, sadness and pain. heartbreaking pain with loved ones, with mothers, wives and children,” said Mr. Dung.

The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs emphasized that the challenges and risks in occupational safety and health are still increasing in an existing way. Meanwhile, a part of the employer is still not aware, interested, and invested properly; Many workers have not received vocational training, occupational safety and hygiene training, knowledge and skills for safe working and industrial manners are still limited.

Minister Dao Ngoc Dung said that while focusing on economic development, we must not forget to ensure that everyone can work in working conditions. occupational safety and hygiene, to be taken care of in terms of material and spiritual life. This is also a common standard in sustainable development and international integration.

Labor safety month, workers focus on taking care of workers’ lives

Also this morning, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang – Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor launched Worker Month 2022 with the theme “Vietnamese workers: Pioneering, creative, responsible”. , safe, adaptive”.

In order to operate effectively, the President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor suggested that trade unions at all levels focus on raising awareness in the whole system of trade unions, union members, employees and the whole society about purpose, meaning, activities of Workers’ Month; the glorious tradition of the Vietnamese working class, the immortal spirit of International Labor Day on May 1.

The General Confederation also selected and effectively implemented the orientation of 10 planned activities and 4 key activities under the guidance of the Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation of Confederation on organizing Worker Month in association with the implementation of Action Month. on Occupational Safety and Hygiene in 2022.

The focus of Workers’ Month is to take care of and support employees in terms of employment, income, and safe working conditions; advise and propose to the heads of the Party committees, authorities, and employers to meet and have dialogues with trade union officials and workers, officials and laborers, promptly solve pressing problems, urgent and essential of workers, officials and laborers.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang requested the trade unions at all levels to actively and cooperate in inspecting, inspecting and supervising the implementation of the overtime policy: “the number of overtime hours worked in a year, in a month of employees in the context of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control and socio-economic recovery and development”; Decision No. 08 on the implementation of policies to support rent for employees, promote dialogue, negotiation and signing of collective labor agreements, agreements to ensure welfare, contribute to improving life for workers. This is also a way to organize trade unions at all levels to control safety and hygiene and reduce occupational accidents.

Also this afternoon (April 28), the National Council on Occupational Safety and Health held a Periodic Dialogue in 2022. This is an annual activity held in the month of Occupational Safety and Health. At the dialogue, there were dozens of questions related to the following issues: Statistics, monitoring the number of occupational accidents at remote level; the implementation of training and propaganda on occupational safety and diseases; safety inspection and supervision…

At the end of the dialogue, the council made many conclusions and targets for localities to implement to ensure occupational safety and health.