World Day for Safety and Health at Work
International Day for Health and Safety at Work
28 April is the International Labor Organization's (ILO) World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This day is held every year with the aim to focus attention on promoting and creating a safe and healthy culture at work.
2007
The theme for 2007 is:
Safe and Healthy Workplaces - Making Decent Work a Reality
Further information is available on the ILO website.
ASCC media release - Celebrate World Day for Safety and Health at Work (40 kB PDF)
The observance of this day has two main objectives:
- to promote and create awareness of OHS both nationally and internationally
- to elicit cooperation and support of employers, and employees and the general community in improving OHS in Australian workplaces.
The Australian Government supports the ILO in its efforts to improve OHS outcomes for workers throughout the world. Australia ratified ILO convention 155, Occuaptional Safety and Health,1981, on 26 March 1994.
Page last updated: 08/05/2008