This day is an international observance dedicated to promoting occupational health and safety in different workplaces around the world.
Official Date: April 28
Initiated by International Labor Organization (ILO), this campaign aims at raising awareness to prevent occupational accidents and diseases.
Key Focus Areas
- Promote occupational safety as a right and a crucial principle at work.
- Raise awareness on methods to create safe and healthy workspaces.
- Stress the significance of occupational safety and health globally.
- Protect the rights of employees and workers.
- Cultivate a culture of occupational safety and health to reduce the number of work-related deaths and injuries.
- Encourage governments to ensure appropriate work environments, infrastructure, and just laws for employees and workers.
- Ensure compliance with occupational safety and health policies.
- Educate workers on the need to work safely to protect themselves and others.
- Implement occupational safety and health strategy to limit risks and prevent accidents in the workplace.
- Emphasize the joint role of governments and workers in creating a safe and healthy workplace.
Top Facts
- The UAE has legislated numerous laws to safeguard workers and their rights, health, and safety.
- The UAE has implemented the National Standard for Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS).
- The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention dedicates a helpline for psychological counselling for employees, which is operated by psychological consultants to support employees’ mental health.