All news: occupational safety and health

Georgian Civil Servants and Social Partners Raise Awareness on Business and Human Rights Issues

More than 30 public servants from different ministries and legal entities of public law, joining participants from the Georgian Trade Union Confederation and the Georgian Employers Association, are expected to raise their awareness on international...

ILO Caribbean Resilience Symposium

Labour experts call for greater investments in digital, blue and green economies, skills development and reduction of inequalities to...

Government Ministers, employers’ and workers’ representatives as well as academic researchers and development agencies gather for ILO Caribbean Resilience Symposium

Policy brief

Preventing and mitigating COVID-19 at work

The ILO and WHO publish a brief providing a literature review on common features of workplaces most affected by the new corona virus and the most effective measures adopted by countries to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 at work. The brief gives...

Occupational health

Long working hours can increase deaths from heart disease and stroke, say ILO and WHO

The number of people working long hours globally has increased over time, to an estimated 479 million workers, or nine per cent of the global population.

Chemical safety

Workers around the world face a global health crisis due to occupational exposure to toxic chemicals

The ILO publishes a new report highlighting the state of the evidence for chemical exposures and resulting health impacts in the world of work

Occupational Safety and Health

Saint Lucia ratifies Convention No. 155 and its Protocol

XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

International Media Festival for Prevention Toronto 2021 Nominees Announcement

Join us for the announcement of the nominees of the International Media Festival for Prevention IMFP 2021.

Message at the Informal Sector Labour Day 2021

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Informal Sector Labour Day, 6 May 2021, Manila, Philippines via Zoom

Mine workers, owners and inspectorate officials committed to improving occupational safety and health in mines

The Department of Mines and Mineral Development Balochistan, in collaboration with the ILO Country Office for Pakistan, organized a series of training on Occupational Safety and Health for Mineworkers, Mine Owner and Mines Inspectorate officials.

ILO/WHO partnership to protect health workers

Healthcare workers urgently need upgraded working conditions, safety and health protection against COVID-19 in Ukraine

Health workers are at the forefront of the global fight against the COVID-19. In Ukraine, however, they face serious challenges in occupational health and safety and working conditions. On 16 April 2021, the ILO and WHO jointly organized a webinar...

Our impact, their voices

Social dialogue is a win-win in times of crisis

Social dialogue is a key strategy for management and workers to find win-win solutions. One of the Better Work Indonesia (BWI) participating companies shows the benefits gained from social dialogues for both workers’ welfare and business continuity.

G20 Tourism Ministers’ Meeting

Protect workers and businesses in the tourism industry

ILO Deputy Director-General, Martha Newton, called on G20 countries to take action to support the travel and tourism industry, which has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. She was speaking at a virtual G20 Tourism Ministers’ meeting on 4 May,...

The resilience of Indonesia’s OSH System is tested during the pandemic

The ILO and its partners commemorated the World Day for Safety and Health at Work by examining efforts taken by relevant stakeholders, including mass media organizations, in ensuring long-term OSH investments and resilient OSH systems in Indonesia.

World Day for Safety and Health Work in Eswatini

Prevention of Occupational Hazards and diseases at work

Opinion editorial

Solidarity for safety, productivity and sustainability

An opinion editorial by Abdul Hakim, the ILO/Japan National Project Officer, Enhancing COVID-19 Prevention at and through Workplaces, in conjunction with the commemoration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work and the Labour Day. The...

Fourth Meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention

The ILO calls for full respect of seafarers’ rights and for the vaccination of seafarers

Seafarers need COVID-19 vaccinations, wherever they are, to avoid delays and disruption in supply chains.

Op-ed

COVID-19 pandemic amplifies the need for resilient Occupational Safety and Health systems

To mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021, Richard Howard, Director of the ILO Country Office for Nepal, stresses how the pandemic has reinforced the need for resilient national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) systems to be in...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

ILO calls for making occupational safety and health a top priority in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inaction is complicity, stressed the ILO Regional Director during a virtual event to mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work, as workplaces face one of the most important struggles to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

Join hands in building a more resilient Occupational Safety and Health systems

COVID-19 has reinforced the need for resilient national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) systems to be in place. To mark Safe Day 2021, Xiaochu Dai, Officer-in-Charge and Deputy Director of ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia explains what...

Op-ed

Pandemic impact highlights need for resilient Occupational Safety and Health systems

COVID-19 has reinforced the need for resilient national Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) systems to be in place. To mark Safe Day 2021, Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa, ILO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific...