The Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment, Honourable Jean Francois Chaumière announced today that Job Contractors of the construction industry will soon be required to comply to provisions under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (2005), namely:
• Risk assessment
• A record of risk assessment if there are more than five employees
• A safety policy for those having more than 50 employees
• A Safety and Health Officer if there are more than 100 employees
• The examination of machinery & equipment (lift, crane etc)
It is to be noted that the Job Contractors will also be given a list of notifiable accidents.
The number of Job Contractors registered at the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment was of 2 382 as of October 2009, that is 517 more than at the same period last year (October 2008). This boom in the number of companies requesting a Job Contractors Permit has been the primary motive for this decision, as Minister Chaumiere stated today that a worker’s life is a human life. No risk as to the health and safety of workers will be tolerated by the authorities, the minister said. He was speaking today, Monday 09 November, 2009 at the launch of a 3-day workshop at the IVTB entitled “Design, Erection, Use and Dismantling of Scaffolding” at the Sir Kher Jagatsing Training Centre of the IVTB in Beau Bassin.
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