All news: occupational safety and health

National Safety Conference on Prevention of Occupational Diseases & Injuries

By Mr Donglin Li, Director, ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Press release

Bangladesh Minimum Wages Board returns from study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam

Members of the Minimum Wage Board returned to Dhaka on Friday from a study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam. The aim of the study tour was to better understand the approaches taken in other countries in order to inform the Board’s on-going negotiations...

Workplace safety

Joint Action Plan to Promote Workplace Safety and Health launched in Karachi

In response to the Baldia Town Factory Fire in Karachi, Department of Labour, Government of Sindh, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) with the technical support of ILO, validated and officially launched a...

Joint Action Plan to Promote Workplace Safety and Health being launched in Sindh

In response to the the Baldia Town Factory Fire in Karachi, Department of Labour, Government of Sindh, Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) and Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) with the technical support of ILO, will validate and officially...

Skills training

Getting skills and jobs to Bangladesh's poorest

People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between Far East Knitting &...

Informal apprenticeships

Pakistan learning lessons from Bangladesh in structuring informal apprenticeships

A five-day visit of fourteen high-level officials from Pakistan’s public and private sector concluded today. The officials were here to learn about how the government and industry are working together to structure apprenticeships in Bangladesh’s...

Bangladesh factory conditions

ILO, partners aim to improve conditions in Bangladeshi garment industry

In New York, the ILO has signed new agreements with the Netherlands and the UK to respond to recent accidents in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh

Apprenticeships for youth employment

Informal apprenticeships are an effective way to ensure youth employment and empowerment, high-level officials from the ILO, BRAC and the Ministry of Primary & Mass Education stated this week. The comments were made after almost 1,000 learners from...

Press release

Action plan development for Rana Plaza victims

Stakeholders in Bangladesh’s garment industry have developed strategies to strengthen the rehabilitation of garment factory workers and their families affected by the Rana Plaza building collapse.

ILO Deputy Director General Houngbo addresses European Parliament on Bangladesh garment industry

On 17 September 2013, the ILO Deputy Director General for fields operations and partnerships, Gilbert Houngbo, addressed the European Parliament International Trade Committee (INTA) on labour conditions and health and safety standards at work in...

Launch of good labour practices for work in Thai fisheries industry

A Good Labour Practices (GLP) programme for Thailand’s fishing sector will be launched by the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, Department of Fisheries and fisheries industry representatives on 16 September 2013 in Bangkok.

Bangladesh

Assessment of garment factories to begin, to ensure building, fire and electrical safety

Garment industry stakeholders agree need for common safety standards.

India must have zero tolerance for workplace sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is not just a violation of human rights, in the workplace it also damages productivity and professional relationships. Recent cases in India have drawn attention to the problem, but the ILO is working with employers and managers to...

ILO to publish largest survey on working conditions in the Thai fishing industry

A survey of conditions in Thailand’s fishing sector is to be published by the ILO. The key findings of the report will be presented at a press conference on Monday 2 September 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand

Maritime Labour Convention, 2006

New Horizon for Vietnamese seafarers

With the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 now in force, ratifying countries, like Vietnam, are turning to implementation.

Assessment of structural integrity and fire safety of RMG factories to begin in September

International labour standards

Germany ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The Government of Germany registered its ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the International Labour Office on 16 August 2013.

Bangladesh

The Rana Plaza building collapse… 100 days on

A number of initiatives have been launched in response to the Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which expand upon ILO action following previous accidents in the country. The Director of the ILO Office in Dhaka, Srinivas B. Reddy,...

ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific concludes four day mission to Bangladesh

Good practices brochure launched on ILO-EU project on safety and health at work

The ILO has issued a good practices brochure on the joint EU-ILO project “Improving safety and health at work through a Decent Work agenda” (2009-2012). The brochure raises awareness on occupational safety and health issues among the development...