World Day for Health & Safety at Work

‘Let’s ensure a healthy psychosocial working environment.’

To mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April 2026, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is calling on organisations worldwide to ‘Let’s ensure a healthy psychosocial working environment.’

The psychosocial working environment is defined by how work is designed, organised and managed, and the organisational practices that shape everyday working conditions.

Psychosocial factors – such as workload and working time, role clarity, autonomy, support, and fair and transparent processes – strongly influence how work is experienced and affect workers’ safety, health and performance.

When psychosocial factors harm workers, they become hazards which, alongside physical, chemical and biological types, must be addressed and managed to ensure safe and healthy working environments.

The ILO intends to share campaign materials, including a global report and a PowerPoint presentation. The report will take an organisational, prevention-focused approach and look at psychosocial factors across three levels: the job, how work is managed and organised, and the broader policies, practices and procedures that govern work.

For more information visit the ILO website.