All publications: occupational safety and health

Working paper

What drives CSR? An empirical analysis on the labour dimensions of CSR (MOBI)

Relying on the data provided by an ESG rating agency, this paper aims at bringing more understanding on the diversity of firms’ behaviours in terms of labour related CSR and filling a gap on the potential role of labour market institutions,...

Working paper

What drives CSR? An empirical analysis on the labour dimensions of CSR (EPUB)

Relying on the data provided by an ESG rating agency, this paper aims at bringing more understanding on the diversity of firms’ behaviours in terms of labour related CSR and filling a gap on the potential role of labour market institutions,...

Workplace violence and harassment

Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment

The ILO launches a new report “Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment” which examines prevention through OSH frameworks.

Workplace violence and harassment

Report summary: Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment

The ILO launches a new report “Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment” which examines prevention through OSH frameworks.

Considerations on social security, income security, pensions and the withdrawal of 10 per cent of workers’ private pension fund savings...

The COVID-19 health crisis has severely affected households’ economic security, requiring a timely, broad-based response by the social security system. The need to offset the devastating decline in the labour income of households has created...

COVID-19 and health facilities: Checklist of measures to be taken in health facilities

This checklist applies the ILO-WHO HealthWISE participatory, action-orientated approach to prevent COVID-19 infection in health facilities and protect health personnel.

Improving occupational safety and health in the global coffee supply chain from Mexico: Drivers and constraints.

In Mexico, in the framework of a project on the coffee value chain financed by the VZF with funding from the European Commission, a study was conducted to identify the drivers and constraints relating to the improvement of OSH across that value...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 5th edition

COVID-19 and mining: Prevention and control checklist

This checklist is a tool to help implement and continuously improve practical actions to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in mining.

COVID-19 in India: Labour market measures taken by the central and State governments

This is a live document maintained by ILO DWT India compiling key advisories, orders and support extended by Central and State Governments in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

ILO sectoral brief

COVID-19 and food retail

Food retail workers have emerged as a new category of frontline services during this pandemic. While essential to guaranteeing food security, they are themselves at high risk of exposure to infection and play a key role in food safety. To ensure...

Safety and health in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises: A collection of five case studies

The five case studies - conducted in Cameroon, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Tunisia – describe the occupational safety and health (OSH) situation in MSMEs and the initiatives adopted in this field.

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 4th edition

COVID-19 and the world of work

A 10-step tool for a safe and healthy return to work in times of COVID-19

The tool provides a course of action to formulate and apply safety and health protocols at sectoral and/ or company levels. It considers bipartite social dialogue between employers and workers as the basis for a safe and healthy return to work and...

A safe and healthy return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic

This guidance note aims to assist governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations in developing national policy guidance for a phased and safe return to work, and provide guidelines for workplace-level risk assessments and implementation...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO policy framework for tackling the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 crisis

The ILO has structured its key policy messages around four pillars. Each pillar complements the others in response to the unprecedented crisis faced by all countries. International labour standards provide a tried-and-trusted blueprint for policy...

Research brief

The clock is ticking for survival of Indonesian enterprises, jobs at risk

Key findings of the ILO SCORE Indonesia COVID-19 enterprise survey of 571 enterprises in April 2020 which was conducted with constituents and implementing partners.

COVID- 19

An employers’ guide on working from home in response to the outbreak of COVID-19

This guide has been developed by the International Labour Organization Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO-ACT/EMP) to assist EBMOs to provide practical guidance to member companies that have implemented “working from home” protocols for their...

COVID-19: Labour Market Impact and Policy Response in the Arab States

Briefing Note with FAQs

ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190): 12 ways it can support the COVID-19 response and recovery

This note highlights the relevance of the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) to the current COVID-19 pandemic. It provides examples of work-related violence and harassment that have been reported across countries in the context...