A new ILO report shows that the fight against child labour is on the right track, but the goal of eliminating its worst forms by 2016 will not be met at the current pace A...

The ILO celebrates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on the 28 April to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally. It is an awareness-raising...

Garment industry stakeholders agree need for common safety standards. The adoption of common safety standards in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment factories has come a step closer, following a meeting of national...

A new report has found shortfalls in Thailand’s fishing industry in relation to national and international labour standards. A new report has found shortfalls in Thailand’s fishing industry in relation...

Following the tragic deaths of thousands of garment factory workers around the world in the past year, including over 1,100 people in a factory collapse in Bangladesh, the International Organization...

ECHA has publishes a roadmap towards enhancing the quality of information communicated in the exposure scenarios included in the REACH chemical safety reports and in the extended safety data sheets....

Six times the number of workers die from occupational-related diseases than die from workplace injuries. While many EHS programs focus on the prevention of workplace injuries and on workplace conditions...

The average collectively agreed weekly working time in the European Union, including Croatia, stood at 38.1 hours in 2012, the same as for the EU27 in 2011, according to Eurofound’s...

The ILO teams up with the local authorities to help remove and prevent children from entering child labour in urban and rural areas in five states. UJJAIN DISTRICT, Madhya Pradesh,...

Amendments to the Bangladesh labour Act 2006 were adopted on 15 July 2013. Its conformity with international labour standards ratified by Bangladesh will be reviewed by the ILO supervisory machinery...