All news: occupational safety and health

Help for migrants

Jordan workers’ centre proves an essential lifeline for migrants

In less than one year the Al Hassan Industrial Zone Workers’ Centre in Jordan has become a model for servicing migrant workers.

Work improvement in health services

ILO and WHO team up to improve working conditions in the health sector

The two UN agencies are publishing the HealthWISE package – consisting of an Action Manual and Trainers’ Guide – that aims not only to improve working conditions for health workers but also to deliver better quality services for patients.

Trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health at railways of CIS and Baltic states – seminar in Astana

On July 9, the first joint seminar for trade unions of railway workers from CIS and Baltic states ended its work in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. It focused on trade unions’ role in ensuring occupational safety and health and traffic safety at...

Progress booked after one year of ILO-EU-Bangladesh Compact on safety in garment factories

A year ago, the ILO, the EU, Bangladesh and the United States signed a Compact to improve labour rights in the garment industry of Bangladesh.

SCORE project helps work safety in Sichuan

The ILO SCORE project provides easy-to-apply preventive tools to small and medium sized enterprises and adopts a training of trainers approach to offer professional and tailored business development services in a sustainable way.

Garment industry in Bangladesh

Trade union leaders in the Asia Pacific region to consider strategies to halt weaking of union rights

Around 40 trade union leaders from 20 countries in the Asia Pacific region are attending a seminar organized by the ILO Bureau for Workers‘ Activities (ACTRAV) on strengthening union activities. The seminar is taking place at the Pan Pacific...

Improving occupational safety and health in SMEs

The ILO commended China’s efforts in addressing occupational safety and health challenges in SMEs and encouraged China to ratify more relevant standards in the area, including the Promotional Framework for OSH Convention, 2006 (No. 187). 

OIC member-states adopt action plan

The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Framework Document on Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ended in Baku on June 18.

Center of Excellence Project Aims to Create Skilled Workforce for RMG Sector in Bangladesh

The Government of Bangladesh and the International Labour Organization have signed a new project to establish a Center of Excellence (COE) for Ready Made Garment Sector aimed at creating a skilled labour force for the export oriented industry.

Partnerships

ILO and Singapore renew Partnership Agreement to improve labour and workplace practices in Southeast Asia

Involves cooperation on issues concerning productivity, occupational safety and health, tripartism and social dialogue.

OSH legislation

ILO develops global database on national OSH legislation to support the improvement of national systems and programmes

Legislation on occupational safety and health (OSH) is an essential component of national systems and programmes aiming at protecting the health and safety of workers. The ILO, in its efforts to support the development of national OSH systems, has...

Occupational Safety and Health

Uruguay ratifies the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176)

Uruguay has ratified 15 occupational safety and health Conventions

Occupational Safety and Health Awareness Plans to Prevent Accidents in the RMG Factories

Speakers at a day long planning workshop on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) stressed on the need for building OSH awareness in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) factories to reduce risk of accidents and to prevent accidents at work places.

Maternity protection makes headway amid vast global gaps

Despite progress in maternity benefits and a trend supporting paternity leave, an ILO report finds most women around the world are still not protected at work.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2014: Promoting a safety culture in Indonesian small and medium enterprises

Employing more than 95 per cent of the world’s working population, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the main source of employment in developing countries, including Indonesia. In Indonesia, SMEs have also become a significant support to...

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

ILO and European Commission to bolster cooperation on safety and health at work

Both institutions pledge closer collaboration in promoting safety and health in workplaces around the world, especially in emerging countries

Safety and health, prevention of accidents to be made an everyday management concern

The ILO commended China’s endeavours in promoting the management system approach of occupational safety and health and encouraged the government to ratify the Promotional Framework for OSH Convention, 2006 (No. 187).

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Working conditions in Europe and globally

Remarks by Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director-General, to the European Commission conference on "Working Conditions"

ICOH declaration on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work

The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) renews its call for joint actions for developing occupational safety and health (OSH) programmes meeting the changing needs at the workplace in a globalized economy.

Race for safety

Thousands of garment workers to learn proper use of personal protective equipment

With one in every ten fatal accidents at work now linked to missing personal protective equipment, Better Work Vietnam’s annual “Safety Fun Run” aims to educate garment workers on measures to guard against workplace hazards.