Furthering decent work

2024 – This Commentary applies a previously published staging framework to stimulate thinking about how the OSH field can contribute further to the achievement of decent work.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) have promoted the concept of decent work as a Sustainable Development Goal for 2030 to address critical global problems. One of  the outcomes of Workplaceinnovation is decent work, apart from the improvement of the performance of the organization.

Occupational safety and health (OSH) are components of decent work, primarily through the ILO social protection objective of the goal, and are linked to various other objectives.

 

Method

To advance the contribution of the framework, the different functions of OSH (research, practice, advocacy, governance, and professional education) were used to identify impediments to achieving decent work and develop recommendations for each determinant in the framework

 

Results

Promoting and achieving decent work are complex issues that require a multifactorial approach. Numerous recommendations supporting systems thinking and transdisciplinary approaches are provided.

 

Conclusions

The OSH field can expand to further address decent work.

 

Reference

Schulte PA, Pot FD, Iavicoli I, Leso V, Fontana L, Almeida IM, Antunes ED, Araujo T, Caballo-Arias Y, Balogun H, Buralli R, Choi W-J, Cotrim T, Fischer FM, Fisher DL, Martinez MC, Messias IA, Monteiro MS, Oakman J, Olympio KPK, Omokhodion S, Popkin S, Ribeiro H, Pratap PLR, Salmen-Navarro A, Violante FS. (2024): ‘Furthering decent work by expanding the role of occupational safety and health’ In: WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-11, 2024

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-240230, Furthering decent work – IOS Press