All news: occupational safety and health

Innovative OSH platform and game board for young workers

To better reach out young workers in the country, the ILO and its partners have developed and launched communication tools in the forms of online OSH platform and game board.

Indonesia continues to foster OSH prevention culture through its first National OSH Profile

Indonesia is taking a significant step in ensuring the implementation of OSH prevention culture in the country, by developing and launching its first National OSH Profile.

New report

Increase in heat stress predicted to bring productivity loss equivalent to 80 million jobs

Global warming is expected to result in an increase in work-related heat stress, damaging productivity and causing job and economic losses. The poorest countries will be worst affected.

Child labour

Opening address at the World Day against Child Labour celebration in the Philippines

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the World Day against Child Labour celebration in the Philippines, Pasay, Philippines, 29 June 2019

Media advisory

ILO to launch new report on work-related heat stress

Indonesia launches its first National OSH Profile to promote safe and secure working environments and foster prevention culture

Indonesia continues to demonstrate progress and leadership on occupational safety and health (OSH) and to promote a national culture of prevention on OSH.

Press release

New safety and health issues emerge as the world of work changes

The ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, together with the Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations, Department of Labour, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) and...

Coordinating with the FGLLID and Social partners, ILO Vision Zero Fund organized Awareness Raising Campaign about new OSH law at the three...

From June 25th to June 30th 2019, coordinating with Factories and General Labour Law Inspection Department (FGLLID), the Vision Zero Fund (VZF), ILO has organized an awareness raising campaign, in 3 industrial zones: Mingaladon, East Dagon and...

Myanmar’s Government, Employers and Workers work together to improve safety and health at work and receive international high-level support...

A nine-person tripartite delegation headed by the Director General of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID), and comprising the Joint Secretary General of the Union of Myanmar Federations of Chambers of Commerce and...

ILO launches Occupational Safety and Health trainings for Small and Medium Enterprises in Pakistan

ILO using Work Improvements in Small Enterprises (WISE) methodology, arranged customized trainings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) for workers and managers of textile and marble enterprises in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Occupational Safety and Health

The Philippines ratifies the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)

Social dialogue and OSH

Social Dialogue in the Workplace for a Brighter Future

Commemorating the ILO Centenary of 2019, the Government of Japan organized the symposium to discuss the role of social dialogue in the workplace both now and in the future. The promotion of occupational safety and health and workplace compliance...

Learning OSH in a fun and creative way with OSHNopoly

The ILO promote a fun and creative way to learn about concept and practical information on occupational safety and health (OSH) through a board game named OSHNopoly. ILO Jakarta Office is to launch the Indonesian version of the game.

Occupational Safety and Health

Singapore ratifies the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)

Singapore becomes the 68th ILO Member State to have ratified this key occupational safety and health instrument.

Working hand in hand to strengthen OSH programmes at national and provincial level

The ILO and its social partners continue to work together in creating a culture of prevention through the development of national OSH programme and building the capacity for OSH provincial stakeholders.

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining

Child labour in mining, poor working conditions take centre stage in inter-regional meeting

With the growing global movement to support just transition and formalization of artisanal and small-scale gold mines, the ILO brought together experts and global actors to address child labour and poor working conditions in an inter-regional...

Mining

Opening address at the Inter-regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting on Child Labour and Working Conditions in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold...

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Inter-regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting on Child Labour and Working Conditions in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining, Manila, Philippines, 28 March 2019

Myanmar commemorated its third National Day on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) on 28 April 2019 in Yangon

The ILO is working closely with the Government and the social partners to make workplace safety and health a national priority and reality for all.

ILO brings together Myanmar stakeholders to discuss implementation of new Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Law

Addressing the OSH Stakeholders Event held in Nay Pyi Taw on 6-7 Mat 2019, ILO Liaison Officer in Myanmar Rory Mungoven welcomed the newly passed OSH Law and the launch of the Second Myanmar OSH Profile.

Occupational Safety and Health

100 years of making work safer and healthier

Occupational safety and health (OSH) has been a core element of the ILO’s work since it was founded in 1919. Technical specialist, Manal Azzi, charts the major OSH milestones of the ILO’s first hundred years and looks ahead to the challenges of the...