SINGAPORE - Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Convention.
Minister of State for Manpower and National Development, Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, made the announcement at the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland earlier today.The new ratification will align the country's efforts closer with international labour standards.
Mr Tan added that Singapore has made significant progress on the WSH front as a result of regulatory reforms through the enactment of the WSH Act as well as greater industry ownership of WSH outcomes in areas such as industry capability building and standards setting.
"This has effectively brought down our workplace fatality rate from 4.9 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2004 to 2.3 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2011," said Mr Tan.
Elaborating on Singapore’s commitment in ratifying this Convention, Mr Ho Siong Hin, Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower, emphasised: "The ratification of C187 will align our efforts closer with international labour standards. This move will position us to play an even bigger role in both the region as well as on the world stage for WSH excellence."
Mr Heng Chiang Gnee, Acting Chairman of the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council, said the ratification will cement efforts done in collaboration with tripartite partners to safeguard workers against work-related injuries and ill health.
Singapore is the 23rd ILO member state to ratify this Convention.
Other member states that have ratified the Convention include Germany, Finland, United Kingdom and Sweden. Upon lodging of the ratification with the ILO, Singapore will be required to comply with its requirements twelve months thereafter.
Source : news.AsiaOne.com
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