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Global labour income estimated to have declined by $3.5 trillion in first 3 quarters of 2020, says ILO
Global labour income is estimated to have declined by 10.7 per cent or USD 3.5 trillion in the firs…
PTI
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#IndependenceDaySpl: Performance of the Service Sector in the Indian Economy
In the world economy, the importance of the service sector cannot be overstated. The share of servi…
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Nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods due to COVID says UN agency
The findings appear in the ILO Monitor third edition: COVID-19 and the world of work, release…
PTI
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50 million people worldwide in modern slavery: ILO
According to the latest report by the UN agency titled, 'Global Estimates of Modern Slavery', 28…
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745,000 deaths a year can be linked to long working weeks of 55 hours or more, a WHO study suggests
Working 55 hours or more a week was linked to a 35% increase in strokes and a 17% increase in deadl…
Anna Cooban
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Here's how technology will empower women, set the bar higher
Recently when the world was showering praises on ISRO’s feat of launching 104 satellites, the untol…
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Worldwide Youth Unemployment Rates Will Stay High For Years
"As the euro area crisis continues in its second year, the impacts are spreading further, slowing d…
Lisa Mahapatra
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Indian women across 20 states protest against the ‘environment of hate’
With India’s general elections just days away, thousands of women from 135 cities across 20 states …
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Flexible working hours can benefit productivity, work-life balance: ILO
According to the report, a substantial portion of the global workforce is now working either l…
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Qatar detained 2 journalists who reported on poor working conditions ahead of the World Cup. Now it claims they were trespassing.
Hours before the arrest, Halvor Ekeland and Lokman Ghorbani had broadcast a segment where Ekeland s…
Bill Bostock
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A lawyer who represents cruise ship workers reveals the hardest job on a cruise ship
That job belongs to a utility galley worker, maritime lawyer Michael Guilford told Business Insider…
Mark Matousek
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Gender wage pay gap: Women graduate in India earns 24% less than her male counterpart
Gender equality is not a reality in India. While sincere attempts to make it so are in the ‘pipelin…
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Heat-related injuries to workers in the Americas have soared since 2000, study finds
Extreme heat is taking a toll on the global economy and workers around the world. The Americas have…
Katie Balevic
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Job loss most severe immediate impact of COVID-19 : Survey
"The lessons from other countries suggest that active labour market policies including cash transfe…