Safety and health at work resources

October 2017

  1. Myanmar’s ginger value chain actors meet to discuss safer practices and better production

    30 October 2017

    Through the support of the ILO’s Vision Zero Fund, all actors involved in Myanmar’s ginger value chain, from production to commercialization, met in Aung Ban, Shan State to discuss the way forward to promote occupational safety and health as well as to fairly maximize the benefits of the ginger business.

  2. Workplace safety measures should be improved to prevent future incidents

    27 October 2017

    The International Labour Organization (ILO) would like to call attention on the tragic incident of Tangerang, Banten, on the outskirts of the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta on 26 October 2017 that resulted in the unfortunate deaths of at least 47 people, many of them workers of the factory contained in the building. The ILO offers its sincere condolences to the families of the victims and sympathizes with those injured.

  3. Regional Consultations for the Updating of the National Occupational Safety and Health Profile

    The Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC), in partnership with the ILO SafeYouth@Work Project, has been convening a series of regional consultations to gather region and sector-specific inputs from tripartite plus stakeholders for the updating of the national OSH profile. So far, regional consultations have been done in Region III at Clark, Pampanga (July 27, 2017), Region VII in Cebu City (September 29, 2017) and Region IVA in Batangas City (October 10, 2017). Similar consultations will also be convened in the Cordillera Administrative Region and in Region XI in the coming days.

September 2017

  1. Vacancy notice : National Project Coordinator

    27 September 2017

    The International Labour Organisation is looking for a dynamic individual to fill the post of National Project Coordinator for the Equipping Sri Lanka to Counter Trafficking in Persons (EQUIP) Project. Please refer the attached terms of reference for more details.

  2. Seeking a win-win situation on migration

    11 September 2017

    ILO’s Application of Migration Policy for Decent Work for Migrant Workers project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development is working with the Government of Bangladesh to operationalize policy and legal measures to support migrant workers. Chief Technical Advisor Deepa Bharati talks about what the initiative is trying to achieve.

  3. Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers (SafeYouth@Work) Project Convenes its 4th Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting

    DOLE Assistant Secretary Amuerfina Reyes chaired the 4th PSC meeting on behalf of Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III. The meeting which gathered 26 participants, representing the organizations of various implementing partners, provided updates on ongoing and planned activities for 2017.

  4. Global action needed to tackle rising work-related injuries and diseases, ILO says

    07 September 2017

    Work-related fatal injuries and diseases have increased from 2.3 million to 2.78 million per year according to new data issued at the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work held in Singapore. ILO launched a call for concerted global action to address new and emerging occupational safety and health challenges.

  5. ILO head calls for global coalition on safety and health at work

    04 September 2017

    2.78 million workers continue to die each year from work-related injuries and illnesses - 2.4 million of these deaths can be attributed to work-related diseases alone.

  6. XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work: A Global Forum for Prevention

    The ILO, the Ministry of Manpower of Singapore (MoM) and the International Social Security Association (ISSA) are jointly organizing the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health 2017.

August 2017

  1. Shaping the 4th Decent Work Country Programme for Sri Lanka

    25 August 2017

    The ILO Country Office is about to embark on an involved and inclusive process that will lead to a new ILO Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2018-2022 for the country.