All publications: occupational safety and health

COVID-19 workplace response

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

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A Study on Labour Inspectors’ Careers

This paper is addressed to managers of labour inspection systems who have to develop or improve a human resources (HR) policy for labour inspectors. It provides them with: a basis for developing HR policies specifically for labour inspectors; an...

COVID-19: Pandemic in the World of Work

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work. 1st Edition

Flyer

COVID-19: Protect yourself and others

Participatory Action-Oriented Training (PAOT)

PAOT is a practical method of stimulating and supporting workplace initiatives in grassroots workplaces relying on self-help voluntary actions.

Chemical safety

ILO Instruments on Chemical Safety - Analysis and synergies with other international frameworks on the sound management of chemicals

This report analyses all major ILO instruments that address chemical hazards for human health and safety as well as the environment.

Guidance Tool for Construction Companies in the Middle East

This Guidance Tool, developed by the ILO and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), is intended for companies operating in the construction sector in the Middle East and particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Companies can use...

Occupational safety and health hazards of workers in small-scale gold mining

Assessment of occupational safety and health hazards exposure of workers in small-scale gold mining in the Philippines

The study examined the practices in the small-scale gold mining (SSGM) industry in the Philippines, particularly the working conditions of miners and workers during gold extraction and processing. It evaluated the miners’ and workers’ exposure to...

Baseline study

Improving Working Conditions in the Ready-made Garment Sector Programme

Reflections on work. Perspectives from the Southern Cone of Latin America on the occasion of the ILO Centenary

The articles in this book explore many of the ILO’s core topics and how they have evolved over time. Some topics have persisted as concerns since the time of the ILO’s creation, whereas others – like just transition to environmental sustainability –...

Occupational Safety and Health

Supporting Companie's occupational safety and health performance: A guide for Employers and Business Membership Organizations on OSH...

This publication was prepared by the Labour Administration, Labour Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch (LABADMIN/OSH) and the Bureau for Employers’ Activities (ACT/EMP) of the International Labour Office (ILO). Employers and...

Chemical safety

All You Need to Know: Convention No. 170

A summary brochure of the main elements of C170 and R177 and text of these two instruments

Chemical safety

The Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste in the World of Work

A summary brochure of the ILO's work and portfolio on chemicals and waste

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Telework in the 21st century: An evolutionary perspective

A new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades.

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Telework in the 21st century: An evolutionary perspective (online pdf)

Guide for Mainstreaming of Occupational Safety and Health in Vocational training programmes

SafeYouth@Work - Project Results

Building a Generation of safe and healthy workers

Market assessment, OSH Risk assessment and business case analysis on occupational safety and health in the Myanmar garment sector

The VZF team conducted a comprehensive mapping of the entire garment value chain, an OSH Risk Assessment and a study on a ‘business case for OSH’, aiming to frame interventions from the perspective of cost-effectiveness and market-based incentives...

Improving OSH for young workers

INTRODUCTION. Improving OSH for young workers: A self-training package.

The ILO prepared this self-training package in order to strengthen the capacity of governments, employers, workers (including young workers) and their organizations to improve OSH management for young workers through the assessment and...

Improving OSH for young workers

MODULE 1. A national OSH framework addressing young workers’ vulnerabilities improving OSH for young workers: A self-training package.

Workers of all ages have the right to a safe and healthy work environment. As active contributors of labour markets worldwide, young workers between the ages of 15 and 24 typically experience higher rates of work-related injuries than adult workers.