Global Employment Trends 2012: World faces a 600 million jobs challenge, warns ILO
• Arabic 24 January 2012 - The world faces the "urgent challenge" of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion, according to the ILO annual report on global employment by the International Labour Organization.
Voices from the 100th International Labour Conference II 14 June 2011 - A selection of short interviews were filmed at the 100th anniversary of the International Labour Conference, held at the United Nations in Geneva. These highlights include delegates' views on the issue of social justice, the International Labour Conference (ILC) as an invaluable and unique forum for tripartite dialogue between workers, employers and government representatives as well as youth unemployment in the 21st Century.
ILO to address the greying of the workforce in retail commerce - (pdf 46KB) • Arabic - (pdf 46KB) 21 September 2011 - According to a recent ILO study*/, 2 billion people will be aged 60 or over by 2050. While most discussions about population ageing turn around the sustainability of pension systems, a forthcoming ILO meeting to be held in Geneva on 21-22 September, will focus on the impact of the greying of societies on labour supply in the retail commerce sector, an industry that has traditionally drawn a large proportion of its workers from people aged 30 and under
