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Global labour income may have declined by $3.5 trn in first 3 quarters: ILO

Global labour income is estimated to have declined by 10.7% or $3.5 trn in the first three quarters of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organization said

Put gender equality at the heart of post-Covid-19 economic recovery: ILO

Improving their working conditions will have a significant impact on many women workers, given the large numbers who work in the care sector

Lost generation: Covid-19 pushes millions of kids out of school, into work

Children may be seen as a stop-gap measure to fill jobs left vacant by migrant labourers who fled cities for their rural homes during the lockdown

States cannot increase working hours beyond 8: Govt to parliament panel

About nine states proposed to increase the working hours from eight to twelve by diluting the labour laws, but later rolled back the decision after facing flak from various stakeholders

Covid-19 has plunged working world into 'unprecedented crisis': ILO

The outlook for the global labour market in the second half of 2020 is "highly uncertain" and the forecast recovery will not be enough for employment to return to pre-Covid levels this year, ILO said

Covid-19 impact: 195 mn full-time workers may lose jobs globally, says ILO

Huge losses are expected across different income groups, especially in upper-middle income countries (7 per cent, 100 million full-time workers), said the ILO

India to offer unemployment benefits to workers affected by coronavirus

This will be along the lines of measures taken by countries such as the US to combat impact of the pandemic on the working population

India ready to ratify ILO conventions on child labour

India has put a complete ban on employing children below 14 years of age