In 2022, a safe and healthy working environment was recognised by the ILO as one of the fundamental principles and rights at work. Along with the other fundamental principles and rights at work (freedom of association and the effective right to collective bargaining; the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour; the effective abolition of child labour; and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation), ILO member states are called upon to respect, promote and realize the fundamental principles and rights at work, regardless of whether they have ratified the ILO conventions in which they are enshrined.
Better Work renforce son approche de la sécurité et de la santé au travail, intensifie son engagement auprès des usines et met davantage l'accent sur les causes sous-jacentes des manquements persistants et structurels en matière de conformité.
In addition to the targeted actions required to face and overcome challenging situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, Better Work has a long standing history of working on different dimensions of OSH across its country programmes. Studies have shown how the programme’s positive effects on OSH significantly increase in parallel with years of participation.
L'initiative "Better Work" mettra davantage l'accent sur les systèmes de gestion de la sécurité et de la santé au travail et sur les changements de comportement. Il s'agit notamment d'actions ciblées visant à renforcer la sécurité des dortoirs où résident les travailleurs migrants, la sécurité routière pendant les trajets des travailleurs et l'éradication de la violence et du harcèlement sur le lieu de travail, conformément au recueil de directives pratiques sur la sécurité et la santé au travail dans les secteurs du textile, de l'habillement, du cuir et de la chaussure et à laconvention n° 190 de l'OIT.
To identify pragmatic and robust solutions to persistent non-compliance areas, embedded in management systems and change management processes. Working with key ILO units, Better Work will contribute to an OSH toolkit to support implementation of the ILO OSH Code of Practice. The interventions are designed to help build capacity within the sector to use the Code and address key risks including the ever-mounting OSH risks of chemicals and waste management, as well as violence and harassment in the context of OSH.
Better Work will support policy reform and the implementation of national OSH action plans by supporting other ILO units to strengthen national ministries of labour, departments of OSH or other institutions through broadly sharing its data, experience and expertise for capacity building.
Leverage partnerships with brands, the ILO, and other experts to identify the root causes of OSH non-compliance and tackle these issues collectively and holistically. Better Work collaborates closely with ILO other specialists to engage in initiatives, including with the private sector, to capture and build more robust OSH better data, including through new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT).
La stratégie quinquennale Better Work (2022-27) englobe l'innovation autour d'un ensemble de priorités stratégiques pour s'adapter aux besoins de l'industrie de l'habillement et de la chaussure dans le monde.