Chairman of the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation Sahib Mammadov held a meeting with the chairmen of ATUC member and subordinate organizations.
At the meeting, the chairmen of member and subordinate organizations spoke about the work done, the steps taken to protect the labor rights of employees and the forthcoming tasks.
He said that regular awareness-raising measures should be carried out in order to ensure occupational safety, creation of healthy and safe working conditions, minimization of accidents, industrial injuries, occupational diseases, observance of rules and norms on occupational safety, as well as ensuring the rights enshrined in the legislation in general. Also, all appeals addressed to trade unions should be deeply investigated, all problems raised should be resolved in accordance with the legislation.
The chairman of ATUC also gave instructions on Organization of rest, treatment, protection and strengthening of health of employees, provision of the right to leave provided for this purpose, creation of conditions for effective and meaningful Organization of rest during the vacation period, further improvement of the quality of services provided in general.
At the same time, Sahib Mammadov brought to the attention that further improvement of the activity of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan, increasing their authority in society, application of best practice, as well as expansion of relations with trade unions of foreign countries are among the upcoming goals.
According to him, the Confederation will play an active role in the implementation of the socio-economic development strategy of Azerbaijan, implemented under the leadership of the president of the country, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, as well as the conceptual and systematic approach to the organization of the organization’s activities more effectively by applying existing digital solutions, improving the quality of services provided.