The AU-ILO Joint Planning Meeting held on 8 April 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has reassured on the strengthening of the collaboration and coordination between the African Union (AU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to promote decent work and social justice in the continent. The joint planning meeting featured 20 representatives from both institutions […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has reported that its agreement on the issue of the living wage during a Meeting of Experts on Wage Policies in February was on Wednesday endorsed by its Governing body At the February meeting, the experts agreed that decent wages are central to economic and social development and to advance […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) on Tuesday predicted that in spite of the global labour markets’ surprising resilience despite deteriorating economic conditions, but recovery from the pandemic remains uneven as new vulnerabilities and multiple crises are eroding prospects for greater social justice, the world unemployment rate would marginally increase to 5.2% in 2024, from the […]
The Director-General of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Adewale Oyerinde, has expressed concerns about the Federal Government’s allocation of N185 billion to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory at N5 billion each, warning that if not guided by some expenditure framework, could be misappropriated. The Director-General, who expressed this position during […]
The ILO Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo, has called on G20 Labour and Employment Ministers to tackle skills gaps, invest in social protection systems for all and embrace sustainable financing mechanisms for employment and social protection policies to close growing fractures in the global labour market and reduce inequalities. The Director-General gave the charge at the G20 […]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched the first Green Jobs for Youth Pact at the Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, as part of its work to promote a Just Transition to a more sustainable and greener future. The labour organization stated that the Youth Pact, a partnership with UN and other […]
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 […]