WORLD DAY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK
"A safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work."
World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated every year on April 28th. This year the theme chosen by the International Labor Organization (ILO) focuses on the inclusion of “a safe and healthy working environment” as a fundamental principle and right at work.
The International Labor Organization's (ILO) constitutional principle on the protection of workers' safety and health was strongly reaffirmed in June 2022, when the International Labor Conference (ILC), at its 110th Session, adopted the Resolution on the inclusion of "a safe and healthy working environment" in the ILO's framework of fundamental principles and rights at work. This historic decision, expressed and supported by the ILO's constituents (governments; employers' and workers' organizations), reveals a renewed collective commitment to the protection of life and health at work.
The resolution recognizes the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) and the Promotional Framework for Safety and Health at Work Convention, 2006 (No. 187) as fundamental conventions, which embody the fifth category of fundamental principles and rights at work.
All member states, even if they have not ratified these two fundamental conventions on occupational safety and health (OSH), now have a solemn duty, arising from their membership of the Organization, to respect, promote and implement, in good faith and in accordance with the Constitution, the principles relating to the fundamental rights that are the subject of these conventions, including the right to a safe and healthy working environment.
Today, April 28, a webinar will take place from 12:30 to 16:30 on the Zoom platform, for experts and constituents to debate the implications of the Resolution to include "A safe and healthy environment" in the ILO framework of Fundamental Principles and Rights, adopted in 2022 at the 110th session of the International Labor Conference.
Register for the webinar HERE.
