A national consultation on the safety of workers in the manufacturing sector is scheduled to end today with new recommendations.
GINA said that the Ministry of Social Protection in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) began a three-day national consultation on Tuesday, on the proposed draft regulations for Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) in the manufacturing sector.
The objective of this consultation is to have the input of stakeholders within the manufacturing sector, in the drafting of the regulations which are expected to boost the OSH Act of 1997.
Attending the consultations at Duke Lodge, Kingston, were Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence and Permanent Secretary, Lorene Baird; ILO’s Senior Specialist, Social Protection and Occupational Safety and Health, Ariel Pino; President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTU), Norris Witter; General Secretary, Federation of Independent Trade Union of Guyana (FITUG), Samuel Joseph and Consultant, Consultative Association of Guyanese Industry (CAGI), Samuel Goolsarran.
