Luxembourg Conference Held by the International Labor Organization

In March, a landmark conference focused on safe working conditions for government inspectors. This stemmed form a series of assaults, including when two French Labor Inspectors were killed by a farmer in Dordogne in September 2004.They were investigating the contracts of seasonal workers employed at the farm. In Brazil, 3 labor inspectors were murdered execution-style in January 2004 at a soybean plantation where slave labor was allegedly occurring. The conference concentrated on holistic approach to increase the safety and security of government inspectors. The core mission of these investigators is to ensure the safety and security of workers.
One program that was suggested is SafeWork, a training manual on social skills, enabling inspectors to reduce tensions and remove fears from the inspected. The project was tested in Bulgaria, which reportedly transformed the Bulgarian Labour Inspectorate into an efficiently and effectively performing state administration.