{"id":1097,"date":"2016-04-29T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T10:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2016-04-29T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T10:11:20","slug":"fiji-civil-servants-private-sector-mark-world-28-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=1097","title":{"rendered":"Fiji: Civil servants, private sector and unions mark world 28 April"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government officials and representatives of the private sector at a OHS workshop in Lautoka. \u00a0Fiji Times<\/a><\/p>\n

CIVIL servants and members of the private sector gathered in Lautoka today to mark World Day for Safety and Health.<\/p>\n

The theme of this year’s celebration is ‘Workplace Stress: A collective challenge’.<\/p>\n

Chief guest, Fiji Trades Union Congress assistant national secretary Rouhit Singh said the impact of work-related stress and the subject could not be dealt in isolation and needed genuine commitment from Government, employers and workers.<\/p>\n

“ILO has pointed out that every year some two million men and women lose their lives through accidents and diseases linked to their work,” he said.<\/p>\n

“In addition, there are 270 million occupational accidents and 160 million occupational diseases each year, incurring US$2.8 trillion in costs for lost working time and expenses for treatment, compensation and rehabilitation.”<\/p>\n

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