World Day for Safety and Health at Work

The Shrinking Perk of Being a Manager. Since 2022, manager engagement has dropped by nine points. Individual contributor engagement also declined but has had a slight rebound. The largest year-over-year drop in manager engagement occurred between 2024 and 2025, when it declined by five points from 27% to 22%. In short, managers used to enjoy an “engagement premium” at work , but they are increasingly only as engaged as those they lead. South Asia’s decline in manager engagement suggests organizational flattening may be a factor. In 2025, South Asia (primarily India) experienced an eight-point decline in manager engagement, the largest decline of any region. At the same time, the percentage of managers in South Asia also declined, suggesting that employers are cutting management roles. Top IT firms add just 17 staff in nine months, hiring nearly freezes. Some evidence suggests that in 2025, India’s IT sector saw a substantial slowdown in hiring, along with cuts to mid-level and senio...

 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...

 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...

  Can artificial intelligence, robots and surveillance protect workers on the job?  Yes, according to the latest report from the International Labour Organization. In this episode of the Future of Work podcast, ILO occupational safety and health expert Manal Azzi explains how AI and technology can be used as a safety net , and not a threat, for workers worldwide. Watch the Video podcast on How AI, robots and other technologies can keep workers safe and sound!

  Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health 2024-30 : ACTION AREA I. 1.1. Initiatives to promote the ratification and implementation of international labour standards are developed and carried out.  1.1.1. Global campaign to promote the ratification and implementation of the fundamental Conventions on OSH, Nos 155 and 187, designed and implemented.  1.1.2. Complementary initiatives carried out to promote the ratification and implementation of the general provisions standards 1 and the risk-specific and sector-specific standards 2 on OSH.  1.2. International labour standards on OSH are developed or updated.  1.2.1. New standard on biological hazards developed. 1.2.2. Instruments concerning chemical hazards consolidated.  1.2.3. New standard on ergonomics developed.  1.2.4. Instruments concerning guarding of machinery reviewed. 1.2.5. ILO List of Occupational Diseases updated , to replace the list annexed to Recommendation No. 194, through ...

Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health 2024-30 : ACTION AREA II.  2.1. Exchange and dissemination of knowledge and experience on OSH are enhanced.  2.1.1. Global knowledge platform on OSH , including a observatory, created and maintained.  2.1.2. Global network of collaborating OSH institutions and experts set up, with regular meetings organized.  2.1.3. Triennial ILO global outlook report on OSH in the world of work produced and disseminated.  2.1.4. ILO website and databases related to OSH regularly updated.  2.2. Global data and estimates on OSH are regularly produced. 2.2.1. ILO global estimates on fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries and disease produced and disseminated.  2.2.2. Data on global trends in the areas of occupational safety and health collected.  2.2.3. Joint data on OSH published , in collaboration with other UN agencies.  2.3. Research is conducted and guidance materials on OSH are developed and dis...

  The  Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health 2024–30 and plan of action for its implementation is grounded on the following four transversal guiding principles.  (a) International labour standards. The ILO normative framework, including the fundamental Conventions on occupational safety and health, the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), and Convention No. 187, will guide the strategy implementation, with the aim of assisting constituents to promote, respect and realize the right to a safe and healthy working environment and build a culture of prevention. Ratification and implementation of risk-specific and sector-specific standards on occupational safety and health, as well as standards focused on critical elements of national occupational safety and health systems, such as occupational health services and recording and notification systems, will also be promoted. Assistance will be provided to constituents for their implementation, by...

The List of Occupational Diseases Recommendation, 2002 (No. 194) requires the national lists of occupational diseases to comprise, to the extent possible, the diseases contained in the list of occupational diseases as annexed to it. Based on the work of two meetings of experts, the ILO Governing Body approved a new list of occupational diseases on 25 March 2010 during its 307th Session. This new list replaces the preceding one in the annex of Recommendation No. 194 which was adopted in 2002. The new list includes a range of internationally recognized occupational diseases, from illnesses caused by chemical, physical and biological agents to respiratory and skin diseases, musculoskeletal disorders and occupational cancer . Mental and behavioural disorders have for the first time been specifically included in the ILO list. This list also has open items in all the sections dealing with the afore-mentioned diseases. The open items allow the recognition of the occupational origin of diseas...