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Occupational safety and health

Decent work for sanitation workers in South Asia under the spotlight

A recent workshop highlighted existing challenges and opportunities, as well as actions taken by the ILO, governments and social partners to address decent work deficits facing sanitation workers in South Asia.

SDG target 8.7

The United Nations system supports Côte d'Ivoire in its strategic planning of priority actions to combat child labour.

The challenge for the Government is to achieve a real synergy of action between all actors, both public and private, technical and financial partners and civil society organisations, at both central and decentralised levels

Workplace safety creates a long-term resilience

New ways of working and improving work safety can boost the country's economy

World Mental Health Day

Better Work Indonesia promotes mental health and gender equality for garment industry

Better Work Indonesia (BWI), a joint programme of ILO and IFC, member of World Bank Group conducts a series of knowledge-sharing sessions to promote mental health and gender equality at its participating garment companies during the pandemic...

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Raise Awareness on Occupational Safety and Health

Tbilisi, Georgia - Two series of trainings on national and international legislation on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) were launched on 11 October 2021 in Tbilisi. More than 20 employees of the Human Rights Protection and Investigation Quality...

Looking ahead to the 343rd Session, Geneva, November 2021

The pandemic has undoubtedly had a profound impact on the world of work that has required the intervention of the ILO and its Member states in various ways. It thus goes without saying that the strategic direction provided by the Governing Body has...

Launched, the good practice video on trade unions’ actions to prevent HIV at workplace

The ILO recently launched a new good practice video highlighting the important roles of trade unions in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS at the workplace.

Occupational safety and health

ILO adopts code of practice on safety and health in textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries

More than 60 million workers around the globe will benefit from concrete guidance on improving safety and health in one of the world’s oldest manufacturing sectors.

Occupational Safety and Health

Cameroon ratifies the Occupational Safety and Health Convention

Occupational safety and health

Seafarers desperately need prompt access to medical care say ILO and International Maritime Organization

With hundreds of thousands of seafarers unable to disembark due to COVID-19 restrictions, a joint statement issued by the two organizations says the issue of medical care for seafarers is ‘a matter of life or death’.

Combating child labour in cocoa farming

Focus on WIND: an ILO integrated approach to eliminate child labour in cocoa farming

Abidjan (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) through the ACCEL Africa project (Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in African Supply Chains), and its partners from the National Agency for Rural Development...

Employers and workers support the new COVID-19 risk assessment service for enterprises

The recently launched risk assessment service by the ILO and its partners, aims to help employers and workers to jointly create safe and sustainable workplace as well as accelerate the reopening and return to office movement.

The collection of ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards is now available in English and 12 other languages

With the addition of Persian, the collection of International Chemical Safety Cards is now available in English and 12 other languages: Chinese, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.

The UNGC and the ILO have identified key business practices to improve occupational safety and health (OSH).

On September 30, 2021, a briefing note and an educational video have been released by the United Nations Global Compact and the International Labour Organization to address the role that businesses can play in ensuring safe and healthy workplaces.

Ministerial-level constituent meeting discusses ILO activities to promote decent work in Iraq with EU support

The meeting brought together ministers of labour and social affairs, employer and worker representatives, and ILO officials to discuss ILO-led efforts to improve working conditions in Iraq through activities and policy development in the areas of...

ILO and its partners offer free COVID-19 risk assessment service to enhance workplace safety and business continuity

The ILO and its partners develop COVID-19 risk assessment service to support business continuity, workplace resilience and workers protection. The assessment is based on the national guidelines and the occupational safety and health (OSH) principles.

Promoting safety and health in agriculture and contributing to China’s Rural Vitalization Strategy

ILO and its partners promote occupational safety and health of agricultural workers in Guizhou Province

The ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards collection is now translated into 11 languages, in addition to English

Korean language has been added to the languages in which the collection of 1700 International Chemical Safety Cards is available

ILO holds training workshop on Occupational Safety and Health for social partners in Iraq

The workshop aimed to strengthen the role of employers' and workers' organizations in the field of OSH, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Congress on Safety and Health

XXII World Congress on Safety and Health ends with call to end workplace deaths and injuries

New occupational hazards in the connected age and challenges facing disadvantaged groups were also top of the agenda in the four-day virtual discussion.