Azerbaijan, Baku, April 28 / Trend H. Valiyev /
The development of Azerbaijan's economy, the creation of safe workplaces for employees is one of the most pressing issues for Azerbaijan, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection Natiq Mammadov said in Baku during the international technical workshop on "Accident Insurance: history of development, reforms, existing problems".
"Social Policy, implemented by the state in the country, provides for worker's health, increase of well-being regardless of place of work. Such conditions as protection of labor rights forms the basis of the legalization of their work are necesary," deputy minister said.
In accordance with the convention of the International Labour Organization (ILO), and based on European experience, the Labour Code was amended.
"Over the past year the State Labour Inspectorate carried out all necessary measures to conclude labor contracts with more than 746,000 employees", Mammadov said.
Moreover, it is possible to increase the amount of insurance payments for people who were injured at work, reduce the number of such accidents by 1.8 percent.
"Over the past year by the State Labour Inspectorate carried out all necessary measures to conclude labor contracts with more than 746 thousand employees", - said Mamedov.
In addition, he said, managed to increase the amount of insurance payments for people who have suffered accidents at work decreased by 1.8 per cent the number of such accidents.
Each year, about 2.2 million accidents are fixed in the world. Every day 6,000 people die. Each year about 160 million people injured in the workplace are fixed in the world.
"The introduction of an appropriate system of social insurance primarily involves the suppression of such incidents. I think that the introduction of compulsory insurance on accidents in Azerbaijan will improve the management of labor and the mechanism of protection of labor and social rights of citizens, Mammadov said.
At present, the bill on "Compulsory insurance on disability of physical entities, occupational diseases and accidents at work" has already been submitted to the Parliament in the third reading.