ILO: Occupational health services – an ILO policy perspective (2009)
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The ILO Occupational Health Services Convention No.161 defines occupational health services as services entrusted with essentially preventive functions and responsible for advising the employer, the workers and their representatives in the undertaking on the requirements for establishing and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment which will facilitate optimal physical and mental health in relation to work and the adaptation of work to the capabilities of workers in the light of their state of physical and mental health. Similar requirements for the provision of the preventive and protective services at the enterprise are defined in many national laws. To date, the Convention No. 161 has been ratified by 28 countries. Many countries use it and its accompanying Recommendation No. 171 voluntary as models for establishing requirements for the organization and functioning of occupational health services.
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