All publications: occupational safety and health

Preventative measures for key chemical hazards

Executive Summary

World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work [Summary]

Key workers are essential for societies to function. This report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.

World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work

Key workers are essential for societies to function. This report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.

ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses

Occupational safety and health profile for Nepal

The profile is an inventory of all the tools and resources available in the country to implement and manage occupational safety and health (OSH) and is designed to provide the data necessary for setting national priorities for action aimed at the...

Supply chains

Implementation of the Factory Improvement Toolset in the Asian garment sector: Final report

This final report reviews the results of the pilot implementation of Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) across 27 factories located in Cambodia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Occupational safety and health

National occupational safety and health profile for Nepal, 2022

The profile provides an overview of the existing occupational safety and health system and framework in Nepal.

Fact sheet

SOLAR: Report of the baseline study

The “Reducing Vulnerability in Lao PDR: Advancing Social Protection and Labour Rights and Entitlements in the Coffee and Tea Sectors (SOLAR)” project is funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the ILO and Oxfam from 2021 to 2024. The...

Occupational safety and health

A flipbook on improving occupational safety and health in the natural stone industry in India

This flipbook has been developed under the ILO initiative ‘Paving the way for sustainable development of natural stone industry in Rajasthan’ funded by the Government of Flanders (Belgium).

The Fundamental Conventions on Occupational Safety and Health

This booklet has been prepared to support ILO constituents in promoting and implementing the fundamental principle and right at work of a safe and healthy working environment.

The Fundamental conventions on occupational safety and health

An overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187).

Designing a national strategy to improve safety and health in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises A “how to” guide

This “how to” guide aims at supporting government officials, representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations and other stakeholders to cooperate in the development of an adapted OSH strategy aimed at improving OSH conditions in MSMEs.

Report VIII

Proposed Convention and Recommendation concerning the partial revision of 15 international labour instruments following the inclusion of a...

Joint report

Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey

The report is the first attempt to provide a global overview of people’s own experiences of violence and harassment at work, including its main different forms – be it physical, psychological or sexual – and respondents’ experiences with disclosing...

Managing chemical risk in the agriculture sector

Application booklet

Improving workers’ rights in the rural sectors in fishing

Improving Workers’ Rights in Rural Sectors of the Indo Pacific with a Focus on Women: Fact sheet in Fishing

The Project works closely with regional and country level partners to achieve the following target outcomes to enhance enabling environment for the promotion of and compliance with labour laws, gender equality and occupational safety and health...

Information note on ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

This project began during the 1980s with the objective of developing a product to disseminate the appropriate hazard information on chemicals at the workplace in an understandable and precise way. To date approximately 1700 Cards are available....

Information note on ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

This project began during the 1980s with the objective of developing a product to disseminate the appropriate hazard information on chemicals at the workplace in an understandable and precise way. To date approximately 1700 Cards are available....

Employment Working Group

Vision Zero Fund - Presentation

This presentation gives an update on the work of the Vision Zero Fund, after the G7 Labour and Employment Ministers had renewed their commitment to support the fund's work in their declaration.

Country strategy

Decent work Country Programme: Bangladesh 2022–26

The Decent Work Country Programme sets out ILO’s programme priorities for Bangladesh for the period 2022–26.