Khanh Hoa promotes the protection of female workers' rights through dialogue
Khanh Hoa - The Provincial Labor Federation is implementing activities to promote gender equality through dialogue at businesses with a large number of female workers.
Bringing practical rights of female workers into dialogue
According to statistics from the Khanh Hoa Provincial Labor Federation (LĐLĐ), grassroots trade unions are managing 57,544 female workers, of which 52,462 are female union members.
In which, there are 417 grassroots trade unions with 10 or more female union members; 157 units with a proportion of women accounting for 50% of the total number of union members and 6 grassroots trade unions with 1,000 or more female union members.
According to Ms. Tran Thi Huong - Vice Chairwoman of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Labor Federation, dialogue at the workplace is an opportunity for female workers to reflect their thoughts, aspirations, propose solutions to improve working conditions and better implement regimes and policies for themselves.
The contents that need to be concerned about include recruitment, training, salaries and equal promotion opportunities; maternity benefits, childcare; support for childcare costs, housing and appropriate allowances.
Businesses need to ensure a safe working environment, occupational hygiene, organize periodic health check-ups, pay attention to reproductive health and arrange spaces for pumping and storing breast milk for female workers.
In addition, the prevention and control of sexual harassment in the workplace needs to be emphasized through propaganda, supervision of the implementation of regulations and building procedures for receiving and resolving reflections and complaints.
Grassroots trade unions can also propose additional policies to support female workers in difficult circumstances and care for workers' children, especially children with critical illnesses or good academic achievements.
Promoting gender equality in the workplace
In the peak month of responding to activities to care for female workers, the Khanh Hoa Provincial Labor Federation has just guided the implementation of the activity "Ensuring gender equality to care for and protect female workers through dialogue at the workplace" in the area.
In which, grassroots trade unions are guided to develop plans, review current policies, collect opinions from female union members and summarize the contents to be discussed.
Proposals must be sent to employers at least 5 working days before the dialogue takes place.
Trade union officials need to carefully prepare the content, select representatives who understand the law and have persuasion skills; ensure that the dialogue takes place democratically, publicly and focuses on the practical rights of female workers.
After the dialogue, the trade union continues to monitor and supervise the implementation of the agreed contents.
According to leaders of the Khanh Hoa Provincial Labor Federation, for effective implementation, the Provincial Labor Federation assigned the Trade Union Affairs Committee to guide and provide professional support; the Industrial Park Trade Union Committee to coordinate in disseminating, inspecting, and urging implementation.
For grassroots trade unions at enterprises, proactively coordinate with employers, integrate policies for female workers into periodic dialogue programs or organize thematic dialogues when appropriate.
Not only listening to female workers, but this activity also aims to raise awareness about gender equality, promote the representative role of trade union officials and create a safe and friendly working environment, helping female workers feel secure and attached to businesses.
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