Employers face costly early retirements, loss of skilled staff, absenteeism and high insurance premiums. The losses in terms of compensation, lost work days, interrupted production, training and reconversion, as well as health-care expenditure, represent around 3.94 per cent of the world’s annual GDP ( See the website of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2018). In addition to the immense suffering caused for workers and their families, the associated economic costs are colossal for enterprises, countries and the world. According to the most recent ILO global estimates, 2.78 million work-related deaths are recorded every year, of which 2.4 million are related to occupational dis- eases.
Yet for millions of workers the reality is very different. The ILO Constitution sets forth the principle that workers must be protected from sickness, disease and injury arising from their employment. International Labour Standards on Occupational Safety and Health
Introduction to International Labour Standards.
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