7 hours agoLaw protection of businesses is required
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovo's Afarism Oda (OAK) organised a meeting today with Chief Inspector of the Basri Ibrahimi Work Inspectorate, where work law enforcement and safety were discussed. During this OAK meeting, a number of businessmen filed many complaints to the current law and demanded that this law be changed as much [...]
During this OAK meeting, together with some businessmen, tabled many complaints in the current law and demanded that this law be changed as soon as possible, as drafting its change has been continuing since 2013.
Among the complaints OAK filed are harmonising the labour law with the labour inspectorate, to have penalties for workers dropping out of contract, to remove the obligation of the business to be responsible if it is to blame, determine the term of complaint for workers leaving business as it is arranged for state institutions workers, and for courts to impose justice and not favouring business damages and many other problems.
In part of the open debate, businesses had the opportunity to hold a conversation and direct concrete concerns and injustices committed during the pronunciation of fines, which in many cases even when employees themselves ignored the work rules that require strict maintenance of the equipment, it is said in communiqués.
At this meeting, several OAK member businesses were present, which had the chance to ask direct questions to Chief Inspector Abraham about uncertainty and business interests.
Some major issues highlighted were the importance of employing employees with contracts, workplace protection, annual vacations, workplace accidents, the importance of job security and disciplinary procedures.
Ibrahim said that while the state of security and the protection of health at work is better compared to the past years, there is still room for improvement. As a concern, he notes, there are still high deaths and injuries that occur in workplaces as a result of law enforcement.
Compared to last year that job mortality has been 14 fatal cases, for 2018 the situation is alarming, this year the number of dead at work so far is 5, which leads inspectors to take more disciplinary measures and will be pronounced more fines for companies who commit violations.
“Over the previous years, workers in the construction sector have been named the most endangered at the workplace, operating without adequate personal protective means, while this year, until now, the situation is alarming”, Chief Inspector Ibrahim said.
