All news: occupational safety and health

Employers have a critical role to play in supporting families affected by COVID-19

Newly released guidelines can help employers strengthen support for families during the pandemic

Enterprise development

ILO sign agreement with the Ministry of Emergency Management for implementing SCORE Training

The ILO Office for China and Mongolia (ILO) and the International Cooperation and Rescue Department of Ministry of Emergency Management of the People’s Republic of China (MEM) signed an implementation agreement on Sustaining Competitive and...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them

The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already existing inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Policy responses must ensure that support reaches the workers and enterprises who...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

New guidelines to help employers support families during COVID-19

New guidelines issued by ILO and UNICEF call on enterprises to do more to support working families during the pandemic.

COVID-19: Pandemic in the World of Work

COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our economies

The Corona virus pandemic is not just a medical crisis, but a social and economic one too, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. If our response is to be effective it must take into account all these factors, and be delivered in a co-ordinated,...

COVID-19: Protecting workers

Keys for effective teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that more people than ever before are teleworking – using information and communications technologies to do their work away from the office. ILO Working Time expert, Jon Messenger, explains how to get the best out of...

The G20 and the COVID-19 pandemic

ILO welcomes G20 commitment as a first global step in responding to the COVID-19 crisis

Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, calls on G20 countries to work together to protect people, jobs, incomes and enterprises from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health insurance

Viet Nam’s female factory workers empowered with knowledge on health protection entitlements

A series of awareness raising activities have been put in place as an ILO study points out knowledge gaps related to health insurance, sickness and maternity benefits amongst female factory workers.

COVID-19

Almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19, says ILO

An initial assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the global world of work says the effects will be far-reaching, pushing millions of people into unemployment, underemployment and working poverty, and proposes measures for a decisive, co-ordinated...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19, says ILO

An initial assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the global world of work says the effects will be far-reaching, pushing millions of people into unemployment, underemployment and working poverty, and proposes measures for a decisive, co-ordinated...

Occupational safety and health

ILO and Lao Government, employers and workers join forces to increase social security coverage

XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work

The deadline for the International Media Festival for Prevention is extended

The IMFP is an integral part of the World Congress and highlights that successful prevention work can be advanced through outstanding creative multimedia initiatives. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the various ways different cultures...

Crisis-response tool to protect health workers during the outbreak of COVID-19

The Chinese version of "Occupational safety and health in public health emergencies: A manual for protecting health workers and responders" is now available at the critical time of the COVID-19 epidemics.

Vision Zero Fund project (VZF) supports Workshop on Strategic Compliance Planning for Government Inspectors to Improve Safety and Health in...

Senior inspectors and Government officials gathered in Nay Pyi Taw for an FGLLID-ILO workshop on improving safety and health in Myanmar through better strategic planning. In addition to FGLLID inspectors from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and...

Timor-Leste continue to train local contractors for road rehabilitation

The training is part of the European Union funded programme “Enhancing Rural Access Agro-Forestry Project ERA”.

Vision Zero Fund

ILO supports the Social Security Board, employers, and workers in preparing to scale-up an enhanced version of the Employment Injury...

Workers, employers and the Social Security Board (SSB) gather in Naypyidaw to discuss the results of the employment injury insurance (EII) pilot in Hlaing Tharyar (Yangon) and Pyi Gyi Tha Kone (Mandalay) townships and the options for a scale-up to...

New tool helps employers protect construction workers in the Middle East

The ILO and the International Organisation of Employers launch a new guidance tool to help construction companies in the Middle East expand protection of workers, including migrant workers who make up the vast majority of the sector’s manual...

ILO100 in Viet Nam

“100 days without accidents” builds up momentum for work safety

A campaign promotes the links between work safety and productivity in the woodwork and supporting industries in Viet Nam.

Decent Work in Fishing

8th ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference

The Eighth ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference on the theme “Securing Decent Work in the Fisheries Sector through Labour Inspection in ASEAN” was held from 18-19 December 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.

State of Qatar, Sweden and International Labour Organization to cooperate on labour issues

MoU to see collaboration in occupational health and safety at work and corporate social responsibility