In 2020, the Hanoi People's Committee will keep implementing a number of key tasks related to work safety and hygiene, strengthening the inspection and handling violations in the field, the Government Portal reported.
The municipal authorities will take stricter actions against businesses involved in serious labor accidents which cause injury to workers and damage to the State, enterprises and citizens’ properties.
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Besides, the dialogue between employers, workers, trade unions, employers’ organizations and governmental agencies will be enhanced to promote fair and safe working conditions for employees, improve legal framework and policies on work safety and hygiene.
According to a report by the Hanoi People’s Committee, in 2019, inspection and sanction of violations of work safety and hygiene regulations were strengthened.
Last year, the Hanoi Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs requested units and enterprises to suspend 62 machines and equipment failing to comply with strict safety requirements during the operation, fined 49 construction works violating work safety and hygiene regulations with a total amount of more than VND474.7 million (US$20,292).
Since 2017, the Hanoi People’s Committee has launched the Action Month for Work Safety and Hygiene under different themes.
According to the city’s leaders, the action month aims to urge all levels and sectors to enhance work safety and hygiene, encourage enterprises to abide by the Law on Work Safety, contributing to improving working conditions and protecting employees’ health.
The action month is expected to help raise employers and workers’ awareness in the observation of work safety and hygiene regulations and to reduce the number of labor-related accidents and occupational diseases.
It also aims to enhance labor safety and hygiene training at businesses, helping them update necessary information to tackle labor-related accidents, fires and explosions in the workplace.
Besides, the action month targets improving employers’ responsibility in caring for the health of the employees, while having businesses with high risk of labor accidents and diseases to invest more in equipment and technology to improve labor conditions.
