Luzon island-wide tripartite consultations and workshop on the proposed amendments of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Standards

The Philippine government led by the Department of Labor and Employment, with the support of the ILO SafeYouth@Work Project gathered workers, employers and safety practitioners in a dialogue and consultation workshop. Over 120 workers and employers representatives as well as safety practitioners participated in the island-wide consultation in Luzon on the proposed amendments of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Standards.

The consultation in Luzon reviewed existing OSH regulations, policies and programmes and compare them with relevant international rules, standards and good practices to identify policy gaps; to generate tripartite recommendations to revise the OSHS and related-OSH compliance programmes; and to secure tripartite support to the proposed revisions to the OSHS.

The OSHS, is the DOLE's tool for promoting and maintaining a safe and conducive working environment so that workers are protected from work-related hazards and risks. Considered a landmark in Philippine labour legislation, the OSHS was formulated in 1978 through a tripartite consultative process consistent with the DOLE's mandate to safeguard the workers' social and economic well-being as well as their physical health.

The ILO SafeYouth@Work Project, funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL), aims to improve the occupational safety and health conditions in the Philippines especially among young workers, and to promote a culture of prevention.


Funding is provided by the United States Department of Labor under cooperative agreement number IL-26690-14-75-K-11.

This material does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government. One hundred percentage of the total costs of the project or programme is financed with Federal funds, for a total of 11,443,156 dollars.