Information Session: A safe and healthy working environment is now a fundamental principle and right at work
- July 11, 2022
- 8:30 a.m to 10:00 a.m
Deadline for registration: 7 July 2022
OVERVIEW
In June 2022, the 110th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a resolution on the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work (FPRW). This historic decision builds on discussions that have accelerated since the 2019 Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work, which promotes a human-centred approach to the future of work.
The resolution also declares that the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) shall be considered as fundamental Conventions within the meaning of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998), as amended in 2022. These two conventions describe the core principles and rights in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH) and serve as the basis for the more advanced safety and health measures described in other OSH instruments.
All Member States, even if they have not ratified these two conventions, now have an obligation arising from the very fact of membership in the ILO to respect, to promote and to realize, in good faith and in accordance with the ILO Constitution, the principles concerning the fundamental right to a safe and healthy working environment.
For this reason, it is important for governments, employers, workers, OSH professionals and other stakeholders involved in decision making processes to be well informed of the implications of the
inclusion of the right to a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work while creating and implementing OSH policies and programmes.
WHAT WILL THE INFORMATION SESSION COVER?
The webinar event is organized by the ILO with the following aims:
- To give an overview of the key conclusions and discussions of the ILC on the recognition of a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work.
- To provide an opportunity to government representatives, employers, workers and OSH professionals around the world to evaluate the implications of this decision for ILO Member States.
- To provide space for discussion on how the consideration of the right to a safe and healthy working environment as an FPRW could contribute to the improvement of OSH standards and its application in ILO Member States.
WHY SHOULD I JOIN?
- To learn more about the resolution on the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment as an FPRW, and the processes and discussions that led to this historical decision.
- To gain a better understanding on how the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment as an FPRW could make a change and contribute to improving OSH conditions in my country.
- To join and interact with representatives from governments, social partners, international experts and peer colleagues while learning how to prepare my country or my business for this new scenario.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS EVENT?
This event is mainly organized for decisions makers from government institutions and social partners involved in OSH governance at the national and international level.
Beyond these groups, the event could also be of the interest to public officials of national administrations at different levels, private practitioners involved in compliance with OSH regulations, OSH academics and trainers, officials of international organizations involved in the promotion of OSH standards and OSH professionals.
HOW WILL THE EVENT WILL BE CONDUCTED?
The information session will be organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO as a worldwide webinar on Zoom on 11 July 2022, 14.30 -16.00 CET (8:30 – 10:00 Eastern Caribbean Time).
It will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation in French and Spanish.