In its ongoing efforts to bolster workplace safety and health awareness across all sectors in Guyana, the Ministry of Labour’s (MoL) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is currently facilitating a two-day Joint Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training Programme with several employees of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).
According to a MoL release on Tuesday, the training is designed to educate participants on critical safety topics, including the benefits provided by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and the legal requirement to report workplace accidents and diseases to the NIS. In addition, participants will receive sensitisation training on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS).