Strengthening the Party's leadership over occupational safety and hygiene in the new situation

To promote occupational safety and hygiene to meet the requirements of the new situation in line with the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the Socio-Economic Development Strategy, the goals of industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration, the Secretariat requests Party committees, Party organizations, authorities, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio -political organizations to focus on leading and directing the implementation of a number of key tasks and solutions such as ensuring the rights of workers to work in safe and hygienic working conditions and protecting the assets, rights and legitimate interests of the State, enterprises, organizations and individuals. Raising awareness and responsibility of Party committees, Party organizations, authorities, agencies, organizations, enterprises and workers.

Strengthen leadership, direction, guidance, inspection and supervision of the implementation of the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws; closely combine proactive prevention with detection and strict handling of violations. Promote the responsibility of leaders for occupational safety and hygiene, considering this a regular, long-term task of great significance in socio -economic development, ensuring human security, contributing to the sustainable development of enterprises and the country. [caption id="attachment_1239929" align="aligncenter" width="282"] Photo Collection[/caption] Strive to reduce occupational accidents, especially serious occupational accidents, the rate of fatal occupational accidents decreases by at least 4%/year; the number of workers working in environments exposed to risk factors who are examined and detected for occupational diseases increases by at least 5%/year; the number of establishments generating harmful factors whose working environment is monitored increases by at least 5%/year. Regularly propagate, disseminate and educate the law on occupational safety and hygiene for leaders, managers, enterprises, production and business establishments, employers and employees. Create conditions for employees, especially those working in areas without labor relations, to access information on issues related to occupational safety and hygiene, raise awareness, responsibility and proactively prevent. Innovate content, diversify forms of information and propaganda suitable for each group of workers, pay attention to high-risk industries and fields. Improve efficiency, attract the participation of enterprises and workers in the Action Month on occupational safety and hygiene, Workers' Month every year. Promote the role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, mass organizations, press agencies in mobilizing, propagating, and building a culture of occupational safety among members, union members and people. Promote dialogue and negotiation activities on ensuring occupational safety and hygiene and working conditions, contributing to building harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations. Perfect policies and laws, promptly overcome limitations and shortcomings in practice, focus on policies to prevent, minimize and overcome risks of occupational accidents and diseases; rights and obligations of employees, employers, trade unions and related organizations; Labor protection and health care regimes for workers; measures to prevent, respond to and handle occupational accidents; technical standards and regulations on occupational safety and hygiene... ensuring consistency, synchronization, feasibility, and conformity with international treaties that Vietnam has participated in, approaching world standards. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state management, decentralization, delegation of authority, regular inspection and audit, ensuring that policies and laws are strictly implemented; effectively implement the National Program on occupational safety and hygiene. Promote administrative reform, especially administrative procedures in a practical, simple, public, transparent manner, saving time and costs for businesses and workers. Build a specialized database to improve the effectiveness of state management, promote the application of information technology, digital transformation in the management, reception and reporting of occupational accidents and diseases. Proactively and actively integrate internationally in occupational safety and hygiene; Strengthen the exchange of information, experience, training cooperation, and experts with other countries. Focus on environmental impact assessment, especially for investment projects in exploitation, industrial production, construction and installation, places with arduous, toxic, and dangerous working conditions; control hazardous and harmful factors in the workplace; regularly review and supplement the list of arduous, toxic, and dangerous occupations and jobs, and occupational diseases. Strictly implement the declaration, statistics, reporting, and investigation of incidents causing unsafe labor, occupational hygiene, work accidents, and occupational diseases. Pay attention to labor safety and hygiene for groups of female workers, minors, people with disabilities, the elderly, domestic workers, apprentices, trainees, probationary workers, and subcontracted workers, and Vietnamese workers working abroad. Implement well the policies of periodic health check-ups, assessment, health care, rehabilitation, treatment, salary, medical expenses, allowances, compensation, insurance and other policies as prescribed for people with work-related accidents and occupational diseases. [caption id="attachment_1239930" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo Collection[/caption] Strictly manage occupational safety and hygiene training services; monitor the working environment; periodically examine and detect occupational diseases; inspect machinery, equipment and materials with strict requirements on occupational safety. Improve the quality of medical facilities for examination and treatment of occupational diseases; nursing and occupational rehabilitation facilities; occupational safety and hygiene departments, medical departments, occupational safety and hygiene councils at production and business establishments to meet the requirements. In particular, improve the organizational structure, improve the quality of human resources, focus on training, coaching, transferring and updating knowledge and skills on occupational safety and hygiene, prevention and control of occupational diseases, especially for those working in occupational safety and hygiene and health at enterprises, production and business establishments; labor inspection, occupational safety and hygiene inspection, including areas without labor relations. Promote research and application of advanced science and technology in taking care of workers' health, ensuring occupational safety and hygiene. Increase State and enterprise resources to invest in occupational safety and hygiene in conjunction with innovation of financial mechanisms, improving efficiency of resource use, prioritizing resource allocation to implement measures to prevent occupational accidents and diseases for areas without labor relations. Party committees, party organizations, and authorities at all levels pay attention to integrating occupational safety and hygiene into socio-economic development programs and plans of sectors and localities; programs and projects related to the fields of labor, health, and environment. Promote socialization, mobilize and effectively use domestic and foreign resources for occupational safety and hygiene. Encourage enterprises to proactively invest, implement preventive measures, strengthen self-inspection, and minimize occupational accidents and diseases. Strictly manage and effectively use the Labor Accident and Occupational Disease Insurance Fund in the direction of flexible contributions and benefits, increasing the benefits and appropriate support levels for beneficiaries to ensure stable life, expand and rapidly develop the subjects participating in voluntary labor accident insurance with support from the State.

Cong Dao