To coordinate safety production and people's livelihood protection in the field of engineering construction, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued a document requesting -
Further improve the employment services and protection of rights and interests of construction workers
News from this newspaper (Reporter Shi Lanna) Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the "Notice on Further Improving Employment Services and Rights Protection of Construction Workers" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), which aims to promote the stable employment of construction workers. Specific requirements are put forward to protect the legitimate rights and interests of construction workers, and to coordinate the work of safety production and people's livelihood protection in the field of housing and municipal engineering construction.
The "Notice" proposes to strengthen vocational training and improve the skill level of construction workers.
The competent departments of housing and urban-rural construction in various places should actively promote the vocational skills training of construction workers, guide leading construction enterprises to actively explore modes such as cooperating with higher vocational colleges in running schools and building construction industry worker training bases, and combine skills training, practical training, assessment and evaluation with On-site construction is organically combined; fully implement the standards for the provision of skilled workers on the construction site, and regard the standard of skilled workers on the construction site as an important part of the construction market and project quality and safety inspections of the projects under construction, and promote the construction site to be fully equipped with skilled workers to ensure the project. Quality and Safety.
The "Notice" clarifies that job guidance should be strengthened to promote the orderly management of construction workers.
It is necessary to coordinate factors such as industry characteristics in the field of housing and municipal engineering construction and individual differences of migrant workers. In view of the characteristics that construction is mostly heavy physical labor, and has high requirements for personnel health conditions and physical conditions, strengthen job guidance and guide construction enterprises to gradually establish construction workers. Classified management system; provide training information that is easy to learn and use for migrant workers who are not suitable for continuing to engage in construction activities, and carry out targeted vocational skills training and employment guidance to guide them in sanitation, property and other low-intensity and safe labor Employment in low-risk fields and broaden employment channels.
The "Notice" calls for strengthening the relief of difficulties and increasing the employment of construction workers.
Strictly implement the requirements for deferred payment of migrant workers’ wages and security deposits in stages, increase the payment ratio of construction progress payments, further reduce the burden on construction companies, promote the resumption of work and production of construction companies, effectively increase the employment positions of construction workers, and help construction workers to work nearby through cash-for-work Increase employment and income.
The "Notice" also emphasized that safety education should be strengthened to protect the legitimate rights and interests of construction workers.
It is necessary to urge construction enterprises to establish and improve the construction site safety management system, strictly implement the main responsibility for safety production, and conduct safety production education and training for construction workers who enter the construction site to engage in construction operations; Labor protection products with protective functions, continue to improve the safe production conditions and working environment of construction workers, and further expand the coverage of work-related injury insurance; strengthen industry supervision in accordance with the law, crack down on violations of laws and regulations such as subcontracting and affiliation, and make good use of special accounts for wages in the field of engineering construction and migrant workers. Policies and measures such as wage security deposit, rights protection information disclosure, etc., ensure the payment of wages of migrant workers and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of construction workers.