All news: occupational safety and health

Employing people with disabilities benefits themselves, the whole society and the state

Specialists of the Social Security Fund of the Russian Federation and ILO experts exchanged experience. How are the social security systems in other countries functioning? What foreign experience can be useful in this country, and which Russian ways...

ILO constituents endorsed national OSH profile “Labour Protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan”

On 22 October 2015, ILO representatives took part in a tripartite round table meeting at the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, where the national OSH profile “Labour Protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan”...

G7 Meeting of Employment and Development Ministers

ILO welcomes G7 steps to foster fair production in global supply chains

Work related accidents and disease cost the world up to 4 per cent of GDP. The G7 moves forward in addressing the root causes in global supply chains.

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s Remarks at G7 Employment and Development Ministers’ Meeting

Roundtable 2: Taking on shared responsibility: Vision Zero Fund and capacity development for producing countries

Social security

ILO, Germany and Bangladesh sign agreement to jointly develop employment injury insurance (EII) scheme

The International Labour Organization (ILO), Germany and the Government of Bangladesh will collaborate in the development of an Employment Injury Insurance (EII) Scheme for Bangladesh.

Building skills for senior Papua New Guinea OSH inspectors

A training programme was developed in response to an assessment of current and future needs to implement legislative responsibilities and provide a platform for building the skills of the Inspectorate

Implementation of the OSH Bill - Papua New Guinea

The Department of Labour and Industrial Relations, with technical support from the Fiji Government has been developing an OSH Bill to substantially update the existing legal framework and provide for improved compliance with International Labour...

Partnering for development

Garment worker’s rights and voice in Bangladesh given boost

Sweden, Bangladesh and the ILO have committed to improve dialogue and protect rights in the ready-made garment sector.

Bangladesh Sustainability Compact

European Parliament discusses progress of Bangladesh Sustainability Compact

In an address to the Committee on International Trade of the European Parliament, the ILO welcomed the progress resulting from the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact, and encouraged the government of Bangladesh to ensure conformity of its labour laws...

Occupational Safety and Health

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

Convention No. 187 is one of the ILO’s essential instruments in safety and health at the workplace

Labour standards

New Package of Labour and Occupational Safety and Health Law Passed in Kiribati

New labour legislation passed in Kiribati in August has significantly raised the profile of international labour standards and made major changes to the governance of labour relations in the country.

Lessons from Rana Plaza

Germany and the ILO support Bangladesh in setting up an occupational accident insurance system

In conjunction with the International Labour Organization, Germany is supporting Bangladesh in the area of occupational safety and health, specifically in setting up a statutory accident insurance system.

160 labour inspectors to receive comprehensive labour inspection training

DHAKA - A comprehensive labour inspection training programme was launched today that will see 160 labour inspectors gain the skills needed to boost working conditions and worker safety in Bangladesh.

Occupational Safety and Health

Decent work must be safe work

Statement of Tim De Meyer, Director of ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia on the explosions in China's Tianjin port area

Practical solutions

Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture (second edition) now also available in Chinese

Approximately 100 of the illustrations accompanying the checkpoints were improved and revised in this second edition of the manual. The first edition was published in 2012 and it was well received by the ergonomic and occupational safety and health...

Occupational safety and health in the construction sector

Tightening bolts and strengthening safety

In the jungles of Papua, Indonesia, an ILO-supported programme has helped construction workers and employers understand why safety is important, and how they can make simple, practical changes.

Partnerships

ILO and the Netherlands sign agreement to strengthen labour inspection systems in Pakistan

The partnership will strengthen institutional mechanisms for effective labour inspection; enhance human resource capacities in the country to enforce the law on labour inspections and partner with the private sector to promote international labour...

Health sector policies

Ebola: How decent work in the health sector saves lives of health personnel

International labour standards and tools, if correctly applied, are very effective in protecting frontline health workers treating patients with potentially deadly infectious diseases, such as Ebola, says Christiane Wiskow, Senior Health Sector...

Occupational Safety and Health

Viet Nam enters a new phase in occupational safety and health

Viet Nam’s new Law on Occupational Safety and Health has been given a green light, marking a significant milestone by extending the protection and preventive efforts to the informal economy

National RMG factory inspection initiative hits 1,000 mark

DHAKA - Government efforts to inspect ready-made garment factories for structural, fire and electrical safety have reached the 1,000 factory mark.