TIRANA, April 30/ATA/-The National Labour Council held today its routine meeting, the first for 2019.
The meeting was chaired by Albania’s Minister of Finances and Economy Anila Denaj.
Attending the meeting was Minister of State for Protection of Entrepreneurship Eduard Shalsi, Minister of Tourism and Environment Blendi Klosi, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection Bardhylka Kospiri, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Ilir Bejtja.
The meeting coincided with the 100 anniversary of establishment of the International Labour Organization and the World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
Minister Denaj spoke about safety at the workplace and said that creation of favourable conditions for safety of the workers is an indispensability so that to have a sustainable economic development.
“The safety and health at work is an obligation of every private or public company and our attention, especially of the Labour Inspectorate remains improvement of the conditions and standards that guarantee the maximum safety of the employees”, said Denaj.
She added that during 2018 there were more than 12 thousand inspections for safety at work.
The minister drew the attention even to employment and highlighted the World Bank Report according to which Albania has the highest increase of employment in the extent of 3.3%, three-fold higher than that of the region./a.a/p.s./
