Iran eyes reduction in costs by reducing work accidents: Minister
By Reza Abesh Ahmadlou
Staff writer
Iran has plans to register reduction in costs by decreasing work accidents, announced Iranian minister of cooperatives, labour and social welfare.
Speaking in the First National Conference of Occupational Safety and Health Vision in Tehran on Saturday, Solat Mortazavi said in order to protect the workforce, the government and state-run bodies should consider necessary measures to monitor the implementation of related laws and regulations.
“The main roles of the labor system’s social partners – the government, the workforce and the employers – are to protect the national capital which is in the form of human resources,” the minister said.
Mortazavi noted that greater productivity and efficiency of the workforce and workshops requires the employer community to provide the workplace with updated safety and health equipment.
“Workers should also try to improve safety with safe performances in the field of compliance with the principles of safety and health, along with updating their knowledge on safety issues,” the minister said.
The implementation of safety regulations will lead to a reduction in work accidents and a reduction in costs caused by fewer accidents, he concluded.
Meanwhile, speaking at the event, Ali-Hossein Raeiyati-fard, the deputy for labor relations of minister of cooperatives, labour and social welfare said, “Last year, with the cooperation of inspectors, technical committees and HSE officials, we managed to reduce work accidents in Iran by 14 percent.”
The official added that according to the labor law, the protection of the country’s workforce is the responsibility of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare.