"Safe and Healthy Working Environment - A Fundamental Right"
The International Labour Organization (ILO)) has established 28 April as "World Day for Safety and Health at Work" to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases at the international level.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023 is entitled "Safe and Healthy Working Environment - A Fundamental Right"
In June 2022, the International Labour Conference decided to include "safe and healthy working environment" among the fundamental principles and rights of the ILO, In the context of this year's World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the ILO aims to raise awareness and highlight the necessity of creating a safe and healthy working environment that safeguards the life, integrity, health and well-being of workers.
Creating a safe and healthy working environment requires the implementation of appropriate Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems.
To create a safe and healthy working environment requires the implementation of appropriate Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems. Systems that are able to absorb unforeseen threats and address new risks, while continuing to protect workers from occupational hazards, ensuring not only the safety and health of workers but also the continuity of business activity.
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems set the framework for a systematic way of identifying, assessing and managing health and safety risks, reducing the likelihood of accidents, A culture in which:
- the right to a safe and healthy environment is respected at all hierarchical levels,
- governments, employers and workers are actively involved in ensuring a safe and healthy working environment through a system of defined rights, responsibilities and duties, and
- the highest priority is given to the principle of prevention.
The goal of all, through constructive cooperation between governments, employers and workers, must therefore be to create a safe and healthy working environment that safeguards the fundamental human rights to life, work and health for all workers in all sectors of economic activity. on the theme of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023 is available at https:/www.ilo.org/global/topics/safety-and-health-at-work/events-training/events-meetings/safeday2023/lang--en/index.htm.
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