The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (ND 1558/85) is responsible for government policy on:
- full employment;
- vocational guidance and vocational training;
- the level of wages and salaries, working conditions, cultural and social support for employees;
- social equilibrium by encouraging collective bargaining;
- health and safety at work;
- trade union rights.
All these tasks are carried out by the central services of the Ministry as well as by the above-mentioned organisations, which are supervised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. These organisations are administered by boards, appointed by decision of the Minister. Each of these boards decides on all matters concerning the realisation of the organisation's goals. Only in particular cases expressly defined by law must decisions made by the boards be signed by the Minister of Labour and Social Security.
By virtue of Presidential Decree (PD) 372 of 14.9.1995, the General Secretariat for Social Security - previously a department of the Ministry of Health, Social Affairs and Social Security - was transferred with all its responsibilities, offices and personnel to the Ministry of Labour. In the context of this move, the Ministry of Labour was renamed "Ministry of Labour and Social Security".
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