All news: occupational safety and health

Francisco Silva, Paul Swuste & Pedro Azeres

Work and Nanotechnology

Francisco Silva - Head of OSH Laboratory at the Technological Centre for Ceramics and Glass, Portugal; Paul Swuste - Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands and Pedro Arezes - Full Professor at the School of Engineering...

Rebekah Smith

Innovative, creative and adaptable – how to keep pace with the digital transformation

Rebekah Smith - Deputy Director Social Affairs BusinessEurope, Belgium

Harri Vainio

Changing work and workers’ health in the 21st century – a view from Kuwait

Harri Vainio - Professor in Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Public Health Kuwait University

Ross Wilson

Working for world class performance; approaches to administration and governance in WorkSafe New Zealand

Ross Wilson - Chair of WorkSafe New Zealand and former president, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Occupational Safety and Health

ILO and WHO enhance partnership in monitoring workers’ health

The ILO and the WHO signed an Agreement on the collaboration for the development of a joint methodology for estimating the work-related burden of disease and injury and preparation of corresponding estimates.

ERA Agro-Forestry Project Launches its Second Training

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

Our impact, their voices

From a market stall to cyberspace

A new ILO programme helps girls and women access quality employment in STEM-related sectors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. In a report from the Philippines, a programme scholar...

Youth4OSH Portal

Youth4OSH portal to promote better OSH awareness and culture of prevention

To promote better occupational safety and health (OSH) awareness and culture of prevention in Indonesia, the Indonesian OSH council and the ILO has jointly established an OSH portal, Youth4OSH Portal, as a knowledge sharing platform.

Labour inspection

ILO conducts a tripartite workshop in Syria focused on labour inspection

The ILO training-of-trainers workshop in Damascus focused on labour inspection, gender equality, child labour as well as occupational safety and health.

Fishing Convention - C188

Thailand ratifies Work in Fishing Convention

Thailand has committed itself to ensuring acceptable living and working conditions for fishers on board ships by ratifying the Work in Fishing Convention. It has become the first country in Asia to do so, which signals to other countries in the...

Indonesia is developing its National OSH Programme 2019-2024

Indonesia has a long history in occupational safety and health (OSH). To improve its OSH prevention culture, the country is now in the process of formulating its National OSH Programme 2019-2024.

Brazil dam collapse

ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, has issued a statement following the collapse of a dam in the town of Brumadinho, Brazil. Around 300 people are missing, with the chances of finding survivors reported to be very low.

OSH Consultative Meeting

Towards more integrated OSH programmes

The ILO initiated an occupational safety and health (OSH) consultative meeting with its relevant social partners. By sharing OSH knowledge, programmes, lessons learnt and challenges, the ILO and its social partners could develop stronger workplace...

Strengthening the roles of Indonesian OSH Council to provide better protection for young workers

The participation of Indonesian youth in promoting OSH is crucial. About half the 130 million population is under the age of 30 and many of them work in sectors with a high risk of workplace accidents and disease, such as the construction sector....

United Nations Day celebrated in Qatar

United Nations Day has been celebrated for the first time in Qatar, marking the strong relationship between the UN and the State of Qatar.

ILO Organises a Work Improvement In Neighbourhood Development Training for Jere Community Farmers

As part of the ILO’s efforts to improve working conditions and livelihood of rural farmers, the ILO organized a workshop under the Food Africa Project using the ILO’s Work Improvement in Neighborhood Development (WIND) Programme to improve...

Awareness raising campaign on OSH in the construction sector of Karachi

The ILO under its Dutch funded project on “Strengthening Labour Inspection System in Pakistan (SLISP)” supported the Labour and Human Resources Department of Sindh in implementing an awareness raising campaign on Occupational Safety and Health in...

OSH Campaign

Enhancing OSH in the workplace, through social dialogue

National occupational safety and health (OSH) systems can be improved and strengthened by creating a culture of prevention through meaningful social dialogue. This requires effective cooperation and collaboration among government, employer and...

Tripartism and social dialogue

Safety and health in Peru’s construction sector - 25 kilos… not more!

Peruvian trade unions and the ILO’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean are supporting an initiative to protect construction workers’ health.

VZF holds successful global stakeholder event in Geneva