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- World jobless rate stuck at record high: ILO
The International Labour Organisation warned that the global economic recovery was not translating into jobs as world unemployment remained...
- World's unemployed tops 200 million: ILO
The number of unemployed people worldwide reached 212 million in 2009, up 34 million or an unprecedented 19 per cent since 2007, the eve of...
- India scores big with NREGA
NREGA, could have saved the day for India when the world fought against rising job losses on account of century’s worst ever recession , sa...
- G20 measures will save or create up to 11 mln jobs: ILO
The number of jobless people in the world should hit a record 219 million to 241 million, some 39 to 61 million more than in 2007. Job-cuts...
- ILO raises 2009 jobless forecast to 239 million
The ILO on Thursday raised its global unemployment forecast, saying that up to a record 239 million people could be jobless this year amid ...
- Coercion robs workers of $20 bn annually, says ILO report
According to the report, people in forced labour get wages lower than mkt rate, even less than minimum subsistence level. Job openings scar...
- Job crisis to be prolonged & severe than expected: ILO
An ILO study projects that 90 mn new jobs needed over '09-'10 to absorb new entrants in labour market.
- Economic crisis to trigger more unemployment: ILO
The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a "dramatic increase" in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed and wor...
- World unemployment could rise by 40 million: UN
The global economic downturn could see 40 million more people lose their jobs by the end of the year. Recession: A biz opportunity | How to...
- Wages to fall 0.5 per cent in 2009: ILO
Wages in industrialised countries will fall 0.5 per cent next year due to the economic crisis, although on a global level, salaries will st...
- Painful cuts in wages soon: ILO
It is bad news on the wages front in the wake of global economic meltdown. An ILO study says the global economic crisis is expected to lead...
- Financial meltdown will add 20mn to jobless: UN
The global financial crisis will add at least 20 million people to the world's unemployed, bringing the total to 210 million by the end of ...
- Financial crisis could cost 20 million jobs by end 2009
The population of working poor living on less than a dollar a day could grow by 40 million and those on two dollars a day by over 100 milli...
- Large number of women work with low salaries: Report
A large number of women work with low salaries and without any social protection, says a new report of International Labour Organisation.
- UN predicts 5 mn jobless in 2008
The U N predicts economic turbulence resulting from credit market turmoil and rising oil prices could lead to 5 mn people becoming unemploy...
- Asian workers missing out on stellar growth
Asian workers are missing out on the region's stellar growth, facing longer hours and lower pay than elsewhere and this imbalance has to be...
- Call for new jobs in developing countries: ILO
Some 430 million new jobs will be required over the next decade to keep pace with a growing labour force, mostly in developing countries, a...