Public labour administration restructured

Abstract

Public labour administration reform is a process that began under the previous government, in particular with a provision in the tripartite agreement on improving working conditions and health and safety at the workplace and combating accidents at work (PT0102135F), signed by the government and all social partners in February 2001. This stipulated that the IDICT’s responsibilities for the promotion and monitoring of collective labour relationships and its role in the management of industrial relations services would be transferred to a new directorate-general to be set up in the future. The social partners have not assumed public positions in respect of the recent organisational changes.