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OSCE promotes fairer employment practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO 29 July 2002
SARAJEVO, 29 July 2002 - The municipality of Maglaj and the Natron Company from Maglaj have signed memoranda of understandings with the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina that will promote fairer employment practices in this municipality.
The new OSCE project on "Fair Employment Practices" promotes principles of equal possibilities for all, regardless of gender, national origin, political affiliation, trade union activity or other status. The aim is to enable public and private sector employers to improve their businesses, attract foreign investment and join the foreign market by using proper principles and methods, and to increase the awareness of existence of discrimination at work and in employment practices.
"Everybody must have equal opportunities for employment," said the OSCE Mission's Regional Centre Director in Tuzla, Jonathan Stonestreet. "Skills, abilities, work experience and education should determine somebody's employment position not ethnic, religious or political background".
Research conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999 confirmed that cases of discrimination in the post-war period are mostly based on national-ethnic origin and political affiliation, and that the affected groups are mostly returnees. That presents an obstacle for creating the conditions for sustainable return and prosperity of the country.
OSCE Mission personnel involved in this project will provide professional advice in different areas of work and employment, especially personnel policies, to selected employers. Those areas include employment of new staff, improvement of work evaluation methods, and disciplinary and dismissal procedures.
The new OSCE project on "Fair Employment Practices" promotes principles of equal possibilities for all, regardless of gender, national origin, political affiliation, trade union activity or other status. The aim is to enable public and private sector employers to improve their businesses, attract foreign investment and join the foreign market by using proper principles and methods, and to increase the awareness of existence of discrimination at work and in employment practices.
"Everybody must have equal opportunities for employment," said the OSCE Mission's Regional Centre Director in Tuzla, Jonathan Stonestreet. "Skills, abilities, work experience and education should determine somebody's employment position not ethnic, religious or political background".
Research conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999 confirmed that cases of discrimination in the post-war period are mostly based on national-ethnic origin and political affiliation, and that the affected groups are mostly returnees. That presents an obstacle for creating the conditions for sustainable return and prosperity of the country.
OSCE Mission personnel involved in this project will provide professional advice in different areas of work and employment, especially personnel policies, to selected employers. Those areas include employment of new staff, improvement of work evaluation methods, and disciplinary and dismissal procedures.