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COVID-19 will worsen poverty, unemployment – ILO

COVID-19 will worsen poverty, unemployment – ILO

By Ahiuma Young INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation, ILO, has warned that the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic will worsen poverty, inequality and employment crisis globally. ILO’s Chief Economist, Patrick Belser, in a document released in Geneva, Switzerland, noted that  in many countries, income inequality had risen steeply since the 1980s, with adverse social and economic consequences. According to […]

COVID-19 will wipe out 195m workforce -ILO

COVID-19 will wipe out 195m workforce -ILO

*Says accommodation, food services, manufacturing, retail, others at risk By Victor Young International Labour Organisation, ILO, has warned that the coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis may wipe out 6.7 percent of working hours, equivalent to 195 million full-time workers, globally in the second quarter of 2020. The ILO Monitor, 2nd edition, “COVID-19 and the world of work […]

Just in: COVID-19 forces ILO to shift annual conference to 2021

Just in: COVID-19 forces ILO to shift annual conference to 2021

The Governing Body, GB, of the International Labour Organization, ILO, has announced the shifting of the upcoming session of the annual International Labour Conference, ILC,   – originally scheduled for between May 25 and 5 June 5, 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland due to the spread of COVID-19.

25m to lose jobs globally over COVID-19 – ILO

25m to lose jobs globally over COVID-19 – ILO

The International Labour Organisation, ILO, today in Geneva Switzerland, said the economic and labour crisis created by the Corona Virus, COVID-19, pandemic could increase global unemployment by almost 25 million.

NIDCOM chief seeks collaboration with ILO to tackle irregular migration

NIDCOM chief seeks collaboration with ILO to tackle irregular migration

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has called for collaboration between it and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with a view to addressing the challenges of irregular migration. Chairman/CEO of NIDCOM Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa called for the collaboration when she received in her office in Abuja, a three-man delegation from ILO comprising Ms Lotte Kejer, Chief […]