Articles by Nick Warburton

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has outlined the accepted good governance principles that should underpin sanctioning procedures for occupational safety and health (OSH) violations. 

Child labour has risen to 160 million, the first increase in two decades, warns a joint report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF.

Dr Karen Michell discusses her plans for a term in the ICOH's global accident prevention team.

Long working hours are killing 745,000 people a year, a WHO/ILO report has revealed.

The IOSH-funded MENTOR study explored the role of mental health first aid and barriers to its success. Three years on from its publication, in the midst of a pandemic, how has mental health support progressed?

A mental health programme is being piloted in SMEs across the construction, health and IT sectors in Australia and eight European countries.

COVID-19 has shown that OSH is critical to creating safe working environments. As this year’s ‘SafeDay’ underlines, investment in OSH research, systems and training is important for responding to future crises.

An international research project which has studied the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among female workers in ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh has found a high MSD burden among those working long hours in non-OSH compliant

Integrating OSH into education improves young people’s risk intelligence and could generate interest in an OSH career.

Nick Warburton considers the bump in the road when it comes to gender equality.