{"id":22998,"date":"2024-09-12T18:13:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22998"},"modified":"2024-09-12T18:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:13:20","slug":"labour-ministry-hosts-occupational-safety-and-health-seminar-in-linden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/labour-ministry-hosts-occupational-safety-and-health-seminar-in-linden\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Ministry Hosts Occupational Safety and Health Seminar in Linden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tracy Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Labour conducted an occupational safety and health (OSH) seminar in Linden on Monday, focusing on improving work conditions and ensuring compliance with OSH regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Held at the Watooka Guest House, the seminar saw participation from representatives of over fifteen organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton, in his remarks, emphasized the significance of such initiatives in developing organizations and supporting businesses through skills training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the Ministry\u2019s commitment to offering free training through the Board of Industrial Training to help boost the skillsets of workers in various sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton also addressed employers, urging them to prioritize labor relations and employee rights, which include fair severance, contractual agreements, and paid lunch hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These were some of the concerns raised by participants during the seminar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roderick Allicock, a Health and Safety Officer at Bosai Minerals, praised the seminar for providing valuable information to help regulate companies and industries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefighter Jafar Moore also found the event beneficial, particularly in reinforcing the importance of wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure workplace safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Labour Officer Dhaneshwar Deonarine led a presentation covering key aspects of working conditions, including overtime policies, time off, calculating hourly wages, and addressing unfair dismissals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His explanations helped clarify some of the common misunderstandings around these issues, providing attendees with better insight into their rights and responsibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Liverpool The Ministry of Labour conducted an occupational safety and health (OSH) seminar in Linden on Monday, focusing on improving work conditions and ensuring compliance with OSH regulations.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22999,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22998\/revisions\/22999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}