The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) joins the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in marking the World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April 2026. This year the theme is ensuring a healthy psychosocial working environment. This includes finding and promoting ways to improve workload and working time stressors through work design aspects such as role clarity, autonomy, support, and fair and transparent processes. The IEA’s mission is to advance and promote the science and practice of Ergonomics and Human Factors (E/HF) globally, and to expand the scope of E/HF application and its contribution to people’s working lives. The goals of E/HF are to optimise human well-being and overall system performance and we do this by designing work to fit the worker taking a systemic approach that considers the work being done, the work environment, and the tools and equipment being used. The health and safety of the worker is therefore of paramount importance.
Issued by: IEA Executive Committee and the IEA Safety & Health Technical Committee
