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Invest in care services to generate jobs, support working parents: ILO report

New York: Greater investment in care services could create nearly 300 million jobs by 2035, the UN’s labour agency, ILO, said in a report published on Monday ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on 8 March. more

COVID-19: Health workers face ‘dangerous neglect’, warn WHO, ILO

New York: Health teams worldwide need much safer working conditions to combat the “dangerous neglect” they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health and labour ag ...

UN chief calls for seafarers to be designated ‘key workers’, with many stranded at sea

New York: Due to COVID-related travel restrictions, hundreds of thousands of the world’s two million seafarers have been “stranded at sea for months”, said the UN chief ...

The future of work ‘with social justice for all’ tops agenda of centenary UN Labour conference

New York, June 11 (JEN): The Centenary International Labour Conference got underway on Monday at the UN in Geneva, with ILO chief Guy Ryder, calling on hundreds of delegates from around t ...

Take-home pay growing at lowest level since 2008, as gender-gap persists: UN labour agency

New York,Wages grew higher and faster in less well-off countries last year than in richer nations, but salaries are still far too low in the developing world, the International Labour Org ...

‘Global care crisis’ set to affect 2.3 billion people warns UN labour agency

New York: A “global care crisis” is looming which could affect 2.3 billion people by 2030, United Nations work experts warned on Thursday, highlighting the potential for great ...

Promoting decent work ‘daily challenge’ in fragile countries, UN Labour Summit told

New York: The Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations labour agency to provide special assistance to the conflict-torn nation and make it a “pilot-country&rd ...

Spirit of compromise needed to combat workplace ‘brutalism’ – UN labour agency

New York, May 30: The head of the United Nations labour agency has called for a new spirit of cooperation and consensus between workers, employers and Governments, to end what he called t ...

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