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October 2021
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Improving Safety and Health in Supply Chains
01 October 2021
The United Nations Global Compact, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization has identified Nine Key Business Practices for Improving Safety and Health through Supply Chains.
June 2020
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
Livelihoods of more than 55 million domestic workers at risk due to COVID-19
16 June 2020
On the ninth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, new ILO estimates reveal the risks facing domestic workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 2018
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Video
Extending social protection intake and quality services in Kenya
25 March 2018
The case of medical and employment injury coverage in Kenya
August 2016
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Video
Employment Injury Insurance – The Workers Compensation Fund in Tanzania
23 August 2016
Employment injury benefit schemes, providing benefits in cash and in kind in cases of work-related accidents and occupational disease, constitute the oldest branch of social security in many countries. The ILO has estimated that, worldwide, more than 2.3 million people die from work-related accidents or diseases each year. Employment injuries and work-related diseases cause the deaths of 6,300 workers per day around the world.
May 2016
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Step out of the shadow! – EMPLOYMENT INJURY BENEFITS
25 May 2016
Cartoons about the informal economy(Kyrgyzstan)
April 2015
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A Legacy of Rana Plaza: Making employment injury insurance a reality for all
24 April 2015
Workers who were victims of Rana Plaza were uninsured and intensive efforts to compensate them had to be made after the fact. The ILO says the accident is a wake-up call to establish national employment injury insurance so all workers are protected when accidents happen.