28 April 2026 Let’s ensure a healthy psychosocial working environment
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The psychosocial working environment is defined by how work is designed, organized and managed, and the organizational 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.
To mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April 2026, the ILO will share campaign materials, including a global report and a PowerPoint presentation. The report takes an organizational, prevention-focused approach and looks at psychosocial factors across three levels: the job, how work is managed and organized, and the broader policies, practices and procedures that govern work.
À l’approche de la Journée mondiale de la sécurité et de la santé au travail, le 28 avril, un nouveau rapport de l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) montre comment l’intelligence artificielle (IA), la numérisation, la robotique et l’automatisation transforment la sécurité et la santé au travail (SST).
En prenant en charge des tâches dangereuses, en assistant lors d’interventions chirurgicales et en optimisant la logistique, les robots contribuent à réduire les risques et à améliorer l’efficacité. Ces technologies favorisent la santé et le bien-être des travailleurs. Il reste toutefois nécessaire d’intensifier les efforts pour atténuer les risques potentiels qu’elles pourraient engendrer.
Ahead of World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April, a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) shows how artificial intelligence (AI), digitalization, robotics and automation are reshaping occupational safety and health (OSH) at work.
By taking on hazardous tasks, assisting in surgeries, and optimizing logistics, robots help reduce risks and improve efficiency, these technologies are improving worker health, and well-being. More, however, needs to be done in order to mitigate against any risks that could arise from such technologies.
The Press Release is available in English, French, Spanish, and other languages.
On 28 April, Poland observes the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This year’s theme is: Digitalisation and artificial intelligence – a new era of work
Modern technologies are transforming our workplaces — influencing work organisation, productivity, and also the safety and health of workers. This year, at the initiative of the International Labour Organization, we are looking into the role of artificial intelligence, machine learning, exoskeletons, the Internet of Things, virtual and augmented reality, as well as the challenges associated with remote work and digital platforms.
How can we leverage innovation to improve safety while minimising risks? What changes lie ahead in the coming years? We will seek answers to these questions during the observance, with more details available at:
28 kwietnia obchodzimy w Polsce Światowy Dzień Bezpieczeństwa i Ochrony Zdrowia w Pracy. Tegoroczne hasło brzmi:
Cyfryzacja i sztuczna inteligencja – nowa era pracy
Nowoczesne technologie zmieniają nasze miejsca pracy – wpływają na organizację pracy, wydajność, ale także na bezpieczeństwo i zdrowie pracowników. W tym roku, z inicjatywy Międzynarodowej Organizacji Pracy, przyglądamy się roli sztucznej inteligencji, uczenia maszynowego, egzoszkieletów, Internetu rzeczy, wirtualnej i rozszerzonej rzeczywistości, a także wyzwaniom związanym z pracą zdalną i platformami cyfrowymi.
Jak wykorzystać innowacje, by poprawić bezpieczeństwo i jednocześnie minimalizować ryzyko? Jakie zmiany czekają nas w najbliższych latach? Odpowiedzi na te pytania poszukamy podczas obchodów, których szczegóły można znaleźć na stronie:
The 2025 World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on the impacts of digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) on workers’ safety and health.
This theme will examine various new technologies through an occupational safety and health lens, including:
Advanced robots
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
Exoskeletons
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Virtual and Augmented Reality
The campaign will also shed light on new work practices, such as automation of tasks, big data analysis, smart digital systems and workers management through AI.
New technologies have also given rise to new types of work, such as digital platform work and remote work/hybrid work/telework, which will be further examined.
The ILO will produce a report and other promotional materials examining these critical issues, looking at how the digital transformation of work may support safe and healthy working environments and what governments, employers and workers and other stakeholders are already doing to respond to these emerging challenges.
ILO says: “The ILO Observatory on Artificial Intelligence and Work in the Digital Economy is the leading international knowledge hub on the world-of-work dimensions of AI and the digital economy. It aims to support governments and social partners in understanding and managing the digital transformation of work.”
l’OIT a dit : « L’Observatoire de l’OIT sur l’intelligence artificielle (IA) et le travail dans l’économie numérique est une plateforme de connaissances sur les dimensions du travail liées à l’IA et de l’économie numérique. Son objectif est d’aider les gouvernements et les partenaires sociaux à comprendre et à gérer la transformation numérique du travail. »
La OIT dice: “El Observatorio de la OIT sobre Inteligencia Artificial y Trabajo en la Economía Digital es el principal centro internacional de conocimientos sobre las dimensiones del mundo del trabajo de la IA y la economía digital. Su objetivo es apoyar a los gobiernos y a los interlocutores sociales en la comprensión y la gestión de la transformación digital del trabajo”.
