Media Advisory: ILO Annual report examines impact of global economic crisis on employment and working poor

GENEVA (ILO News) ─The International Labour Office (ILO) is to issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) assessing the impact of the global financial crisis on employment, unemployment, working poverty and labour market vulnerability in 2009.

It also offers a number of policy considerations in light of the new challenges facing policy makers in the coming year.

The Global Employment Trends 2009, along with other public information materials, will be posted on the ILO website as of 1200 GMT on 28 January 2009. An advance electronic version of the report and its related press release will be available on request from media, under embargo for publication on or after 1200 GMT on 28 January 2009.

For further information, please contact communication@ilo.org or local ILO offices.

Note to correspondents:

For Geneva correspondents, a press briefing, under embargo, will be held on the GET with the ILO Director-General Juan Somavia accompanied by ILO Employment Sector Executive Director José M. Salazar-Xirinachs and Employment Trends Unit Chief Lawrence J. Johnson, in Press Room III, Palais des Nations on Wednesday 28 January at 11:00 a.m.

Interviews can be scheduled via the Department of Communication with ILO experts on Global Employment Trends. For more information, please contact the Department of Communication at +4122/799-7912, communication@ilo.org.

Video coverage of the press conference as well as video interviews with the authors of the report will be available for broadcasters. Please contact the Department of Communication/Radio and TV Unit on +4122/799-7935 or by emailing naets-sekiguchi@ilo.org. Broadcast facilities (TV studio and ISDN line) are available for broadcasters wishing to interview the author by contacting the above.

The Global Employment Trends report is a yearly publication of the Employment Trends unit of the ILO Employment Sector.