All news: occupational safety and health

Partnering with the private sector for Occupational Safety and Health in Ethiopia

H&M and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) partner with ILO to invest in prevention

Interview

A modus operandi for bringing accountability in workplace safety

Lets renew commitments to improve OSH for all workers in India

Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Deputy Director, ILO DWT South Asia and India, appealed at the Workshop on National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Profile organized by DGFASLI and MoLE.

Co-creating better work places for micro-enterprises

As part of efforts to facilitate the transition from the informal economy to the formal, the ILO convened a two-day meeting to co-create designs of workspaces and plans to enhance the sustainability of identified enterprises.

Ministerial discussion on Inclusive Industrial Development and Decent Jobs in Global Supply Chains in Ethiopia

The ILO hosted delegates from the German and Ethiopian governments to discuss “Inclusive Industrial Development and Decent Jobs in Global Supply Chains in Ethiopia”

Ministerial discussion on Inclusive Industrial Development and Decent Jobs in Global Supply Chains in Ethiopia

The ILO hosted delegates from the German and Ethiopian governments to discuss “Inclusive Industrial Development and Decent Jobs in Global Supply Chains in Ethiopia”

Final knowledge-sharing event of the DW project in Bishkek

On 5 December 2019, the tripartite constituents of the Kyrgyz Republic hosted in Bishkek the final knowledge-sharing event of the project “From the Crisis towards Decent and Safe Jobs, Phase II” funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland...

Indonesia to develop its National OSH Programme 2020-2024

As a follow-up to its National OSH Profile, Indonesia under its Ministry of Manpower is now in the process of preparing of Presidential Decree on National OSH Programme 2020-2024 to drive sustainable OSH development and implementation in the next...

Second batch of awareness raising seminars conducted on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work for cotton growing communities in...

Under the ILO-INDITEX PPP, a second batch of two community level awareness raising seminars seminars were conducted in district Sanghar benefiting 183 participants (cotton growing communities and local key stakeholders) to strengthen their...

Cotton picking women and adolescent girls of Southern Punjab sensitized on child labour, forced labour and OSH

ILO organised series of five farm level awareness raising seminars cum workshops on child labour, forced labour and OSH for the cotton picking women and adolescent girls workers of Southern Punjab under its project “Elimination of Child Labour and...

World Toilet Day

New report highlights dire working conditions of sanitation workers in some developing countries

Countless sanitation workers in the developing world work in conditions that endanger their lives and health, and violate their dignity and rights.

ILO and Ericsson join forces to enhance labour standards in the Egyptian ICT sector

Ericsson and ILO have officially launched the beginning of the implementation phase of collaboration between the two sides to enhance occupational safety and health and work conditions in Egypt.

International Labour Standards

Malawi renews commitment toward International Labour Standards

Interview video

Ending Violence and Harassment against Women and Men in the World of Work

At the 3rd Tokyo 2020-ILO Sustainability Forum, the ILO new Convention was presented.

Fire Service and Civil Defence Week

ILO’s effort in improving fire safety in Bangladesh

The Fire Service and Civil Defence Week is observed from 6-12 November in Bangladesh. On this occasion, Country Director of ILO Bangladesh, Tuomo Poutiainen reflects on the development in fire safety measures in Bangladesh. This write-up was first...

Occupational safety and health

ILO helps expand mine safety training in the Donetsk region of Ukraine

Saratov Hosts ILO Training Course for Labour Inspections

The ILO Training Course “Academy of Labour Inspection” was opened today by Egor Ivanov, Head of Department of State Supervision in the Labour Sphere of ROSTRUD (Moscow).

Improving electrical inspection in Myanmar: Vision Zero Fund supported two-day workshop and five-day training for electrical inspection

Vision Zero Fund (VZF) worked intensely alongside the Electrical Inspection Department, Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection (DISI), Ministry of Industry, in the month of September to strengthen technical concepts and inspection...

Our impact, their voices

Better labour inspection cuts abuses in the Thai fishing sector

The ILO is training labour inspectors in Thailand as part of a project to prevent and reduce unacceptable forms of work in the country’s fishing and seafood industries.

SafeYouth@Work tripartite results and sustainability workshop

The workshop was held from 14 to 16 October 2019 at ITC-ILO, Turin, Italy