All news: occupational safety and health

Trade union capacity building

Indonesian trade unions enhance their capacity to promote collective bargaining and dispute resolution in palm oil sector

The ILO through its Advancing Workers’ Rights in Indonesia and Malaysia’s Palm Oil Sector project enhances the capacity of trainers and branch leaders of the national trade union confederations and their federations to improve conditions of work and...

G7 Summit

ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence

In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender...

Egypt celebrates the World Day Against Child Labour with a solid commitment to supporting eradicating the worst form of Child Labour in the...

The ACCEL Africa project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower of Egypt, organized an event to commemorate the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL).

Workers and producers in the informal economy: A global perspective and the ILO recommendation

By Mr Hideki Kagohashi, Enterprise Development Specialist, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Webinar series on women’s economic empowerment, 24 June 2022, Manila, Philippines

ILO supports the launch of Indonesia’s first Trade Unions’ Network in the Fishing Sector

The 8.7 Accelerator Lab programme together with the Bureau of Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) supported the launch of a Trade Unions’ Network in the fishing sector aiming to foster a common voice between trade unions and to reinforce bilateral and...

Opening address at the National presentation and validation of baseline study and sectoral assessment and tripartite strategic compliance...

By Ms Diane Lynn Respall, Programme Officer delivered on behalf of Mr Khalid Hassan, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the National presentation and validation of baseline study and sectoral assessment and tripartite...

App helps protect outdoor workers from dangers of the sun

Skin cancer is preventable, yet despite this more than 120,000 people globally died of the disease and more than 1.5 million were diagnosed with it in 2020.

Armenian representatives take part in OSH Workshop at ITC Turin

On 6-17 June, the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with ILO SafeWork programme organized a workshop on National Programmes and Systems of Occupational Safety and Health in Turin, Italy to acquaint participants with...

ILO supports inclusion of musculoskeletal disorders into the list of occupational diseases in China

ILO and its Chinese partners join hands to address key issues and obstacles of expansion of the national list of occupational diseases.

Stakeholders of the Mali mining sector got together to discuss the implementation of the CRAFT Code as a tool to promote the elimination of...

The CRAFT Code, developed by Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and RESOLVE, is designed to help both upstream and downstream players in the value chain assess critical social and environmental risks, with a specific focus on empowering artisanal...

110th International Labour Conference

International Labour Conference closes with “remarkable harvest of achievements”

The Director-General told delegates that the 110th International Labour Conference had made history with its work on safety and health, apprenticeships, and labour standards, among other areas.

110th International Labour Conference

International Labour Conference makes history - European Commission, Belgium and the Netherlands contribute to the conference

110th International Labour Conference

International Labour Conference adds safety and health to Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

The landmark decision means that all ILO Member States commit to respect and promote the fundamental right to a safe and healthy working environment, whether or not they have ratified the relevant Conventions.

Occupational safety and health

Uzbekistan ratifies the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167)

Trade union confederations contribute to the achievement of HIV/AIDS global target in Indonesia

The ILO conducted a seminar to showcase contributions given by trade unions confederations through their programme activities aimed to prevent HIV at the workplace and to promote a non-discriminatory policy in various industrial sectors.

International Labour Conference

ILC 2022: What are the challenges and opportunities for workers?

Paola del Carmen Egusquiza Granda (Peru), Worker Vice-Chairperson of the 110th Session of the International Labour Conference, discusses the challenges and opportunities of this hybrid meeting. In the context of the fragile recovery from the...

#RatifyC190

Poster and social media competitions promote workplaces free from harassment and violence in garment sector

Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), promotes safe working environment and the ratification of the ILO’s Convention No. 190 on Harassment and Violence through poster and social media...

ILO statement on BM Container Depot incident

Training on Soft Skills for Labour Inspectors in Uzbekistan

Fifty six labour inspectors were trained on soft skills in Samarkand city, Uzbekistan.

Our impact, Their voices

Advancing productivity, quality improvement and decent work in Ethiopia’s garment industry - results so far.

The ILO Programme on Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialization in Ethiopia (SIRAYE) identified that a majority of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Ethiopian garment industry experienced low productivity and poor working...