International Conference INTEGRATED LABOUR PROTECTION SYSTEM AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE 910 November 2006

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International ConferenceINTEGRATED LABOUR
PROTECTION SYSTEM AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE9-10
November 2006

• International Labour Office Audit of SLI
• Stewart Campbell, Leader of ILO Audit, HSE UK

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• IMPORTANT
• ILO Fact Finding Mission established terms of
  reference
• ILO Tripartite audit, supported by ESF
• excellent co-operation
• support integrated approach
• good progress
• recommendations for improvement.

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• Report structured on a thematic basis
• considered at
• strategic (where?)
• tactical (what?)
• operational (how?) levels
• recommendations also grouped by responsibility
  for action.

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• wide scope of SLI responsibilities
• shared experience of audit team
• balance in recommendations between identifying
  aims and offering solutions
• helpful/counter-productive

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• We quickly became aware of the rate of change in
  Latvia and the economic and social challenges
  facing the country, as well as the determination
  to move forward and we tried to reflect this
  content in the report
• we have summarised the position, as we saw it, in
  relation to ILO Conventions and EC/ILO Common
  Principles of Inspection.

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• MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS
• Establish national strategy and national plan.
• Launch a major public awareness campaign to
  explain functions and contribution of SLI
• Impact of proper management of labour protection
  and labour relations on occupational health and
  on the economic health of Latvia
• needs commitment and support at the highest
  political level and of Social Partners.

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• Collect and analyse accurate data for Labour
  Protection and Labour Relations
• improve reporting of accidents/ill health and
  consider special review of work-related deaths
• review analysis of accident causation to reflect
  principles of Framework Directive.
• 4 SLI to concentrate on core functions informed
  by better data.

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• Enhance relationship with State Police and
  Justice system
• penalties to reflect seriousness of breaches of
  labour law.
• Building SLI enforcement culture, capacity and
  skills
• create a self confident workforce
• raise expectations.

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• 7 Consider management structure of SLI
• proper delegation
• specialisation
• field structure
• support functions
• 8 Plan to deliver priorities and control
  resources
• control reactive work.

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• 8 SLI staffing and conditions of work
• workforce planning to deliver strategy/plan
• salary levels
• accommodation/IT/phones/transport/protective
  clothing
• 9 Balance of work between labour relations and
  labour protection
• reconsider SLI involvement in inspection of
  illegal work.

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• 10 Ways of working
• guidelines on inspection practice linked to core
  functions
• concentration on important prevention issues
  change conditions, not paperwork
• training.

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• 11 SSIA
• review core functions and build capacity
• relationship with SLI
• aim to move to bonus/malus system.
• 12 IOEH
• role as National Institute for Occupational
  Safety and Health.

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• CONCLUSIONS AND WAY AHEAD
• Comprehensive recommendations, agreed with
  Minister
• Report published by ILO with SLI/ESF support
• ILO co-operating with EU-PHARE project to follow
  up recommendations
• Support SLI as an integrated organisation so that
  labour relations and labour protection move
  forward together.