TUME HOSTS WORKSHOP ON LABOR SAFETY
At the workshop attended by members of the local TUME divisions, chairman of the Union Mehti Salimzadeh told of the work implemented by municipalities for the passed 4 years. He pointed out to lots of problems and noted that labor safety problems are not usually solved and included in the agreements between employers and workers.
M. Salimzadeh stressed the necessity for TUME members to make efforts towards tackling this kind of problems.
Deputy chief of the labor policy department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Population Eldar Mammadov told of the legislative base dealing with many issues including labor safety. He said that Azerbaijan annually submits report on the labor safety to the World Labor Organization.
According to the deputy director of the Legal Training Center under the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan Ilham Abbasov, irrespective of the kind of property or financial situation, a special person responsible for labor safety should be appointed. Both employer and employee must realize their responsibility for labor safety and know their own rights. He backed his ideas with concrete facts from the Civil and Criminal Codes.