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 […]

*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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]