World Day for Safety and Health at Work

 The evidence reviewed in the report entitled '' The psychosocial working environment: Global developments and pathways for action '' shows that the psychosocial working environment has a powerful influence on workers’ physical and mental health and well-being, as well as on organizational performance. How jobs are designed, managed and organized, and the broader policies, practices and procedures that govern work, can lead to negative consequences – such as increased risk of illness, injury and reduced work ability – or to positive outcomes, including improved health, well-being and performance. Translating this knowledge into consistent prevention requires coordinated efforts by governments, employers and workers and their organizations, OSH professionals and other relevant actors. These efforts need to focus on three interrelated areas: strengthening the knowledge base and monitoring systems; improving the coherence and clarity of policy and regulatory frameworks; an...

  Ensuring a safe and healthy working environment in all its dimensions requires that the psychosocial working environment be integrated into OSH management systems (OSH-MS). Embedding psychosocial considerations within OSH-MS supports a preventive safety and health culture in which all workplace hazards are addressed in a coherent and systematic manner. At the same time, the psychosocial working environment is shaped by decisions taken within broader organizational manage - ment systems, including human resources policies, operational planning, change management and work design. Effective prevention therefore depends on alignment between OSH management processes and these wider organizational practices, ensuring that psychosocial risks are addressed both within OSH governance and in everyday management decisions. Worker participation is central to this approach, as workers contribute essential knowledge about how work is experienced in practice. The ILO Guidelines on Occupation...

  The psychosocial working environment encompasses the elements of work and interactions at work related to how jobs are designed, how work is organized and managed, and the broader policies, practices and procedures that govern work, as well as the ways in which these elements interrelate, all of which can influence workers’ health and well-being as well as organizational performance. When this environment is well structured, supportive and inclusive, it can promote motivation, engagement, productivity, job satisfaction, and overall well-being. When it is poorly designed, organized or managed, psychosocial hazards may emerge and give rise to psychosocial risks. If these risks are not effectively managed, they can have serious consequences for workers’ physical and mental health and well-being, as well as for organizational outcomes, including increased absenteeism, reduced performance and higher turnover. Work-related psychosocial factors , hereafter referred to as psychosocial fa...

Long hours are not only a scheduling issue. They are a psychosocial risk with implications for safety and health. The ILO estimates that 35% of workers globally work more than 48 hours a week. What would healthier working-time arrangements look like in practice? Psychosocial risks arise from poor work design, organization, and management (e.g., high workload, low control, bullying) that cause stress, leading to mental and physical health issues. These risks severely impact safety by causing fatigue, distraction, and burnout, increasing workplace accidents, absenteeism, and staff turnover

 El Día Mundial de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo 2025 se centrará en el impacto de la digitalización y la inteligencia artificial (IA) en la seguridad y la salud de los trabajadores. Consigue el póster del Día Mundial de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo 2025.  

 La Journée mondiale de la sécurité et de la santé au travail 2025 sera axée sur les impacts de la numérisation et de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) sur la sécurité et la santé des travailleurs. Obtenez l'affiche de la Journée mondiale de la sécurité et de la santé au travail 2025.

The 2025 World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on the impacts of digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) on workers' safety and health . Get the Poster of the World Day for safety and health at work 2025

On the event to mark the  World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025  will bring together ILO constituents and international experts to explore how AI and digitalization are reshaping OSH systems across sectors and countries. Opening remarks Joaquim Pintado Nunes; Branch Chief, Occupational Safety and Health and Working Environment Branch (OSHE), International Labour Organization (ILO) Panelists Manal Azzi; Team Lead, Occupational Safety and Health and Working Environment Branch (OSHE) International Labour Organization (ILO) William Cockburn; Executive Director, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) Rory O’Neill, Health and safety adviser, Global Unions International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Leonardo L. Pucheta; Assistant Manager of Technological Innovation Applied to Prevention, Superintendency of Labour Risks, Argentina Kris de Meester; Senior Advisor; Federation of Enterprises in Belgium Maurizio Curtarelli; Expert, European Agency for Safet...

On April 28th , millions of people across the globe will come together to observe Workers’ Memorial Day 2025 , an international day dedicated to remembering workers who have tragically lost their lives, become disabled, or suffered injury or illness due to unsafe working conditions. This day is also known as International Workers’ Memorial Day or International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers. In Canada, it is marked as the National Day of Mourning. Workers’ Memorial Day offers a poignant reminder of the preventable nature of workplace accidents and illnesses, while underscoring the critical need for ongoing efforts to improve workplace safety . The slogan for the day, “ Remember the dead – Fight for the living ”, encapsulates both the solemnity of the occasion and the drive for proactive change. It is a day that unites people in both remembrance and action, pushing for better safety regulations , increased awareness, and ultimately, a reduction in workplace fatalitie...

The celebration of the  World Day for Safety and Health at Work  is an integral part of the Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health of the ILO, as documented in the Conclusions of the International Labour Conference in June 2003.  In 2003, the  International Labour Organization (ILO) , began to observe World Day in order to stress  the prevention of accidents and diseases at work , capitalizing on the ILO's traditional strengths of tripartism and social dialogue. One of the main pillars of the Global Strategy is advocacy, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work is a significant tool to raise awareness of how to make work safe and healthy and of the need to raise the political profile of occupational safety and health. April 28th is also the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers organized worldwide by the trade union movement since 1996.