Safety and health at work resources

November 2021

  1. Sexual Harassment in The Workplace: Get Rid of the ‘Old School’ Approaches

    IBCWE and ILO are hosting a webinar to discuss how to prevent and address sexual and other harassment in the workplace.

  2. Podcast - Everyone has the right to work and be free from violence!

    26 November 2021

    Violence and harassment is unacceptable anywhere, anytime and under any circumstances. It can cause discomfort to workers which ultimately causes harm both physically, psychologically, and even for the economy of the workers themselves.

  3. Trade Unions play a critical role in ensuring adoption of occupational health and safety policies and measures, to safeguard young people and migrant workers among other groups hit hardest by COVID-19

    23 November 2021

    Welcoming address by Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, DWT South Asia and India Country Office at the training on Occupational Safety and Health for Youth Trade Union Youth Volunteers in South Asia

  4. Protecting garment sector workers in response to COVID-19 pandemic in Lao People's Democratic Republic

    23 November 2021

    The COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating socio-economic impact on Lao People's Democratic Republic’s garment supply chain. The project “Protecting garment sector workers: occupational safety and health and income support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic”, has provided urgently needed safety equipment. The Items were distributed through the Lao Social Security Organization. The funding was provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

  5. Income support to garment sector workers in Lao People's Democratic Republic

    23 November 2021

    The COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating socio-economic impact on Lao People's Democratic Republic garment supply chain. The project “Protecting garment sector workers: Occupational safety and health and income support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic”, has provided urgently needed safety equipment and cash support. The funding was provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

  6. Investment in health as the priority for the future of work

    16 November 2021

    The pandemic is accelerating the adoption of automation and digitization in the world of work. It insisted the society to be more adaptive in dealing with business process automation, economic digitization, and the emergence of new forms of work. Indonesia is facing a big challenge in starting the new normal in the field of employment.

  7. One Minute Video Competition (Kompetisi Video Semenit/KOVID)

    The video competition is aimed to raise the awareness on occupational safety and health (OSH) culture and to promote the prevention of COVID-19 at workplace among general public. The videos will be published on various social media platform including Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.

  8. Promoting Indonesia with OSH Culture, ILO launches one-minute video competition

    15 November 2021

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) launches a one-minute video competition (Kompetisi Video Semenit/KOVID) with an aim to promote the safety and health workplace culture during pandemic as a key for productivity and business resilience.

  9. Future Trend of the World of Work and OSH after the Pandemic

    The webinar aims to encourage business to think of strategies to adapt to the uncertainties and adopt new ways of working.

October 2021

  1. Government initiates HealthWISE programme to improve working conditions of healthcare workers

    28 October 2021

    The first ‘HealthWISE Introductory Workshop’ was held in Islamabad today. The workshop was organized by the Directorate of Workers’ Education (DWE) – a subsidiary of Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) – with the technical support of the ILO and the WHO.