All news: occupational safety and health

ILO embark on innovative OSH promotion through creative one-minute videos

The ILO announce the winners of its One Minute Video Competition (KOVID) on occupational safety and health (OSH). The winners presented a variety of innovative OSH video stories that will help promote OSH in the country.

Better Work partners with Sri Lankan industry stakeholders

The ILO and IFC’s Better Work programme is launching an ambitious intervention in Sri Lanka, with the support of the European Union.

Dubai World Expo 2020

Social dialogue and occupational safety and health vital to decent work in the construction sector - ILO

At Dubai’s World Expo 2020, ILO officials joined in welcoming an agreement between a Belgium-based multinational construction company and trade unions to promote decent work in the sector.

Joining nets across countries and waters to better protect fishers and their stock

Joint WHO/ILO Technical Brief

Healthy and Safe Telework

Occupational safety and health in teleworking

Crucial changes needed to protect workers’ health while teleworking

New analysis from the ILO and WHO sets out recommendations for safe and productive hybrid and teleworking.

OSH preventive programmes are key for business continuity and workers’ protection during the pandemic

The occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes play a key role in maintaining businesses’ resilience and continuity as well as in protecting workers during the time of crises, particularly the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Occupational Safety and Health Training Provided to Seasonal Agricultural Workers

Training sessions in Mersin and Adana informed seasonal agricultural workers on proper lifting, insect bites, protection against sunstroke and pesticides.

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Focusing on workplace cooperation and continuous improvement leads to enhanced productivity gains, worker-manager communication and safety...

Thanks to ILO SCORE Training’s emphasis on workplace cooperation and continuous improvement, a leading manufacturing company in China adopted new strategies to actively engage workers and managers to improve workplace communication, upgrade...

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Renewed attention to health and safety risks and quality assurance procedures during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis leads to profitable...

ILO SCORE Training’s focus on continuous improvement sets a Tunisian manufacturing company on a path to improved safety and sanitation protocols, upgraded production systems and practices, and most importantly well-established worker-manager...

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Vaccines for garment workers to end the transmission of COVID-19 at workplace

The ILO’s Better Work programme and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo) join forces to provide more than 21 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Indonesia’s garment industry in Semarang, Central Java.

With the support of the ILO, Mauritania bans hazardous child labour

In the framework of the MAP'16 project implemented in Mauritania and financed by USDOL (US Department of Labor) and in accordance with the provisions of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, the Mauritanian Ministry of Public...

ILO, Apindo and PHRI to Enhance COVID-19 Prevention Measures in Hospitality Industry and SMEs

The ILO together with the Indonesian Employers’ Association’s (Apindo) Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) unit and the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) signed a partnership agreement on the COVID-19 risk assessment service...

Guidance on occupational safety and health for domestic workers and employers to prevent and mitigate COVID-19

New Report

Exposure to Mercury in the world of work: A review of the evidence and key priority actions

Occupational safety and health

ILO fire safety campaign reaches out to half a million Bangladeshis

Successful Facebook campaign helps spread the word on prevention and protection against fire in the workplace

Decent work

New Decent Work Country Programme takes shape to guide ILO-Viet Nam cooperation

ILO conducts a customized training on occupational safety and health for handloom small/ micro enterprises

The ILO, Pakistan under its International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan's SMEs (ILES) project, funded by the European Union, conducts customised trainings on Occupational Safety and Health for handloom small and micro...

Reshaping skills and lifelong learning for a human-centred pandemic recovery and beyond

ILO supports Caribbean countries to articulate and address challenges through research and dialogue

Young Indonesians enthuse to participate in short film-making classes on OSH issues

In line with the One Minute Video Competition (Kompetisi Video Semenit/KOVID), the ILO organized two short film-making classes related to occupational safety and health (OSH) issues to encourage the dissemination of information to help breaking the...