Delegates who attended the second segment of the 109th International Labour Conference (ILC) have tasked the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the need to develop new strategies to accelerate action to reduce inequalities and boost skills and life-long learning. The move came at the closure of the 2021 ILC , after the adoption of two […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) today strongly advocated the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as they relate to social protection and job security as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage national economies on a worrisome scale. The global labour organisation is participating in a series of events at the 76th session of the […]
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has revealed that despite the unprecedented worldwide expansion of social protection during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 4 billion people around the world remain entirely unprotected. This is even as the global labour organization also found that the pandemic response was uneven and insufficient, deepening the […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) will issue its World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Social protection at the crossroads in pursuit of a better future on Wednesday, 1 September. A statement by the ILO indicated that the flagship report provided a global overview of recent developments in social protection systems, including social protection floors, and covers […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) at the weekend reported that the number of international migrant workers globally rose to 169 million in 2019, representing a rise of three per cent since 2017. According to the latest estimates from the global labour organization, the share of youth migrant workers (aged 15-24) also increased by almost 2 […]
The first international treaty on violence and harassment in the world of work will come into force this Friday, June 25, two years after it was adopted by the International Labour Congress’ (ILO’s) International Labour Conference (ILC). A news release by the ILO on Monday indicated that to date, only six countries namely, Argentina, Ecuador, […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Wednesday reported that over 100 million more workers had been pushed into poverty by the raging COVID-19 pandemic, after working hours dropped and access to good quality jobs became impossible for millions of workers over the past months. The UN’s labour organization in its Annual World Employment and Social […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Wednesday charged governments in countries across the world to put in place sound and resilient occupational safety and health (OSH) systems through improved investments in critical infrastructure that would minimize the risks for everyone in the world of work in the event of future health emergencies. The global labour […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Thursday said that to guarantee at least basic income security and access to essential health care for all in 2020 alone, developing countries should invest approximately US$1.2 trillion, representing on average 3.8 per cent of their GDP. The global labour organization in its latest Policy brief, noted that since […]
The Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, has charged corporate entities and other stakeholders in the global economic system to commit more resources to social protection programmes in order to address the burgeoning challenges of inequality, socio-economic deprivations, unemployment and poverty globally. Ryder, who gave the charge in his welcome address delivered […]