Recognition of a Safe and Healthy Working Environment as a Fundamental Principle at Work

The 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work was amended by the International Labour Conference at its 110th meeting in June 2022. The adopted resolution decided the inclusion of a safe and healthy working environment as the fifth category of fundamental principles and rights at work. It adds two instruments to the eight ILO conventions already considered as fundamental: namely, the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155) and the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187).