text: **6 OSH legislation and OSH infrastructure in the EU**
  **6.1 Foundation, legislation, compliance and supervision**
  The**ethical and economic importance of safe and healthy working conditions**led to an integration 
  of this target in international conventions and agreements; it is also embedded in the treaties of the EU. 
  
  **UN**has included**‘Safe and secure work environment’**as an indicator for**Goal 8**of their 17 global 
  **‘Sustainable Development Goals**’ for 2030. Goal 8 aims to*‘Promote sustained, inclusive and*
  *sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’*. 334 It requests in 
  its target 8.8 to*‘Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers,*
  *including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment.’*
  
  The**Preamble to the Constitution**335**of the ILO**includes as an objective*‘*…*the protection of the*
  *worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment ...’*. In 2022, the objective of 
  a safe and healthy working environment became part of the ‘Declaration on Fundamental Principles and 
  Rights at Work’, adding OSH to the existing four basic principles, that is, 1) freedom of association and 
  right to collective bargaining, 2) the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour, 3) the 
  effective abolition of child labour, and 4) the elimination of discrimination. Between the year of the 
  foundation in 1919 and today, the ILO agreed on more than 40 conventions and recommendations 
  addressing OSH, be it either general provisions or provisions for specific groups and sectors or specific 
  risks.336 