Occupational safety and health country profile: Haiti
Latest news
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"Work in Progress", the ILO's Blog
How Haitian workers are getting a handle on job safety
25 April 2014, a feature article by Rolf Berthold, Enterprise Advisor, Better Work Haiti
When you are up against a challenge as big as improving conditions for workers in Haiti’s garment sector, it is easy to lose sight of the progress being made and focus on the problems. Risks to health and safety are still among the biggest. More than three in four factories in Haiti do not meet the requirements for emergency preparedness...
International labour standards
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NORMLEX
Ratification of ILO conventions
Database on international labour standards
Provides access to the latest information on ILO international labour standards on OSH (such as ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of the ILO's supervisory bodies, etc.).
Policies and programmes
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2005
Profile for Central America, Haiti, Panama and Dominican Republic
in Spanish
Challenges and proposals, inputs by the Employment Forum: Situation analysis
Laws and regulations
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LEGOSH
National regulatory framework
Global database on OSH legislation
Provides a picture of the regulatory framework of the main elements of OSH legislation. Contains comprehensive legal information and analysis.
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NATLEX
National legislation
National labour legislation database
Includes abstracts of OSH legislation and citation information. Full text of laws or a relevant source is linked to the records, when available.
Authorities and bodies
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Responsible authorities
Statistics
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LABORSTA
Occupational injuries
Database of labour statistics
Covers official core labour statistics from 1969 to 2008. It includes main OSH statistics, by economic activity. This database is not being updated and will be replaced with ILOSTAT.