2026 World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Tuesday 28 April 2026 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work (World Day). In 2026, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) World Day theme will focus on ensuring a healthy psychosocial working environment for all. Psychosocial hazards can harm workers’ psychological and physical health and contribute to safety risks.
Psychosocial hazards are hazards that arise from the design or management of work, the working environment, workplace machinery or equipment, or workplace interactions and behaviours that can cause psychological and physical harm.
Some common psychosocial hazards at work include:
- job demands
- low job control
- poor support
- lack of role clarity
- poor organisational change management
- inadequate reward and recognition
- poor organisational justice
- exposure to traumatic events or material
- remote or isolated work
- poor physical environment
- bullying and harassment, and
- workplace conflict, violence and aggression.
Just like physical, chemical and biological hazards, psychosocial hazards must be identified, addressed and effectively managed to maintain safe and healthy workplaces.
Useful links:
- Psychosocial hazards in the workplace - code of practice
- Workplace behaviour - code of practice
- managing_psychosocial_hazards_at_work.pdf
- People at Work
More information is available here.
