The Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment, Hon. Jean-François Chaumière inaugurated a tripartite workshop today on ‘Risk Assessment’. The workshop is being organized by the Ministry, with the collaboration of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Representatives of the private sector (from MEXA, MEF etc) as well as trade unioninsts (NTUC, GSA etc) are participating in the workshop. Resource persons during this event include Mr. Franklin Muchiri, Senior Occupational Safety and Health Specialist and Mr. Pavan Baichoo, Technical Officer, Occupational Safety, International Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment, Safework, both from the ILO.
In his speech, Minister Chaumière said that: “this government has pledged to ‘put people first’ and we share the belief of the ILO that the right to life is the most fundamental right and that workers’ protection against work-related accidents and illnesses is one of their fundamental rights. That is why we have come up with such a comprehensive and modern piece of legislation on occupational safety and health.” Following the death of 33-year old Frédéric Ramkissoon by electrocution on his workplace on Saturday, Minister Chaumière made a special and pressing appeal to stakeholders: “I would like to make an appeal to MEF to further strengthen the efforts in enabling its members to comply with the provisions of OSHA 2005 and in tackling new forms of hazards.” He added he had visited the bereaved Ramkissoon family and that it was unacceptable that any human life would be lost on the workplace.
The tripartite workshop, which is being held at the Imperial China Restaurant in Trianon ends Friday 26 March.
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