Social protection:
Occupational safety and health

The ILO has provided financial assistance for the International Federation of Actors (FIA) booklet entitled Act Safe: Minimum Recommended Health and Safety Guidelines for Performers Working in Live Shows, (pdf, 1.68MB) published in October 2007.

The ILO also assisted the International News Safety Institute to finance a two-day safety training workshop (pdf, 1.7MB) for twenty-five Somali journalists from various news media organizations and freelancers (31 July-1 August 2007, Hargeisa, Somalia).

Improvements brought about by information technologies in safety and health have been substantial, especially in the printing industry, but there are also new problems, such as “technostress” (see Violence and stress at work in the performing arts and journalism), computer-related hazards and risks, and factors related to telework (see Section 3.3 of the ILO’s 2004 Report, Chapter 5 of the Background Document for the 2000 Symposium, and Chapter 2 (New technologies and Safety and Health) of the 2000 Final Report.

Useful links/resources on health & safety in media & entertainment

International Labour Office

• ILO CIS Information Centre: ILO health and safety site
  

Government agencies, employers' and workers' organizations, institutes, others

• The British Printing Industries Federation
  
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
  
• Communication Workers of America
  
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  
• Hazards and Workers' Health International Newsletter
  
• Health and Safety Executive (UK)
  
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (US)
  
• International Federation of Journalists
  
• IOSH: The UK Institution of Occupational Safety and Health website
  
• NIOSH: The US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health website
  
• TUC Online: UK Trades Union Congress site
  
• Union Network International: See their Health and Safety page