All publications: occupational safety and health

COVID-19 and public emergency services

This policy brief addresses issues relating to public sector workers who perform frontline duties in confronting the COVID-19 crisis in the name of the State, often described in statutes as essential services. The brief discusses their role in...

COVID- 19

Safe return to work: Guide for employers on COVID-19 prevention

This Guide has been developed by the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO-ACT/EMP) and contains recommendations for health and safety practices and approaches to COVID-19 prevention.The publication aims to provide general guidance and...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 3rd Edition

Report for World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020

In the face of a pandemic: Ensuring Safety and Health at Work

Guidelines for the establishment of an enterprise-level COVID-19 Task Force

The Decent Work Team for South Asia, in consultation with the Bureaux for Employers and Workers’ Activities and INWORK, have developed guidelines to inform and encourage the formation of COVID-19 Task Forces at an enterprise-level.

Call to Action

COVID-19: Action in the Global Garment Industry

COVID-19: Action in the Global Garment Industry aims to catalyse action from across the global garment industry to support manufacturers to survive the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect garment workers’ income,...

COVID-19

COVID-19 and the labour market in Viet Nam

COVID-19 and the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries

The viability of the textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries is unravelling, as workers are told to stay at home, factories close, and global supply chains grind to a halt. The cancellation of orders has hit thousands of firms and...

COVID-19 Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 2nd Edition

COVID-19 workplace response

Social protection responses to the Covid-19 crisis

Working paper

EPUB Environmental integrity and doing business in Zimbabwe: Challenges and engagement of sustainable enterprises

The objective of this paper is to explore the views of different groups of the business community, including workers, managers and owners of the formal as well as of the informal economy, on how environmental integrity is being pursued in Zimbabwe....

COVID-19

The six-step COVID-19 business continuity plan

“This six-step COVID-19 business continuity plan has been developed by the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO-ACT/EMP). This tool is designed to support EBMOs assist its members during the COVID-19 crisis. It aims to establish the risk...

COVID- 19

Enterprise survey tool: Assessing the needs of enterprises resulting from COVID-19

This tool has been developed by the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO-ACT/EMP) to help employers and business membership organizations (EBMOs) evaluate the needs of enterprises as a result of COVID-19 crisis. It is composed of two parts: (1)...

COVID- 19

An employer's guide on managing your workplace during COVID-19

This Guide has been developed by the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ILO-ACT/EMP) as a general reference for employers and business membership organizations (EBMOs). The idea is to help employers manage their workplace during COVID-19: running...

Short-term Policy Responses to COVID-19 in the World of Work

The note prepared by ILO Decent Work Team for South Asia and India offers the possible actions that could be considered during COVID-19 crisis by the state governments. It has special focus on informal sector workers.

COVID- 19

COVID-19 Employers and business membership organizations (EBMOs) public statement template

The public statement enables employers and business membership organizations (EBMOs) to put forward recommendations on COVID-19 to government, unions and other stakeholders.EBMOs should adapt the template to national circumstances and the challenges...

COVID-19: How to protect yourself and others

ILO’s International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan’s SMEs (ILES) project, funded by the European Union.

COVID-19 workplace response

COVID-19 and the World of Work: What can employers do?

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Managing Enterprises & Workplaces during COVID-19

COVID-19 workplace response

COVID-19 and the World of Work: What can workers do?