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OSCE Mission to distribute leaflets on labour relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO 11 January 2005
SARAJEVO, 11 JANUARY 2005 - The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will this month distribute leaflets throughout the country to promote fair employment practices and to increase the awareness of citizens of their employment rights.
The leaflets explain the basic rights of labour relations in the Federation BiH and Republika Srpska. They should result in more people understanding what rights they have when they encounter discrimination or other problems at work, and Trade Unions and other relevant actors being more active in promoting fair employment policy and equality of treatment for all.
Polls conducted by the OSCE in BiH have highlighted citizens' dissatisfaction with employment as a major issue of concern. One important element of this dissatisfaction is the existence of discrimination in employment and citizens' inability to find proper protection when discrimination occurs.
Therefore, in the latter half of 2004, the Mission organized a number of roundtables and radio shows and found that there was a need to raise awareness about the rights of workers and the role of relevant institutions in protecting workers from discrimination.
The OSCE Mission to BiH will be working closely on the dissemination of the leaflets with a number of partners, namely the Unemployed Associations, Trade Unions, Employers' Associations, Labour Inspections/Ministries of Labour, Ombudsman Offices, Basic Courts, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions' Offices and Vasa prava Offices.
As these stakeholders are involved in the issue of workers' protection and work directly with their clients in this area, people who approach them will have the opportunity to be better informed about their labour rights and the mechanisms for protection.
The leaflets explain the basic rights of labour relations in the Federation BiH and Republika Srpska. They should result in more people understanding what rights they have when they encounter discrimination or other problems at work, and Trade Unions and other relevant actors being more active in promoting fair employment policy and equality of treatment for all.
Polls conducted by the OSCE in BiH have highlighted citizens' dissatisfaction with employment as a major issue of concern. One important element of this dissatisfaction is the existence of discrimination in employment and citizens' inability to find proper protection when discrimination occurs.
Therefore, in the latter half of 2004, the Mission organized a number of roundtables and radio shows and found that there was a need to raise awareness about the rights of workers and the role of relevant institutions in protecting workers from discrimination.
The OSCE Mission to BiH will be working closely on the dissemination of the leaflets with a number of partners, namely the Unemployed Associations, Trade Unions, Employers' Associations, Labour Inspections/Ministries of Labour, Ombudsman Offices, Basic Courts, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions' Offices and Vasa prava Offices.
As these stakeholders are involved in the issue of workers' protection and work directly with their clients in this area, people who approach them will have the opportunity to be better informed about their labour rights and the mechanisms for protection.