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Safety and health is everyone’s responsibility

New animation highlights the role of government, employers and workers in making workplaces safe and healthy

COVID-19 pandemic

ILO Caribbean COVID-19 Virtual Roundtable Series

Bi-weekly topical and thematic virtual roundtables that are open to the public. Participants to include representatives from governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, media, academia, as well as members of the general public who are...

COVID-19: Relying on social dialogue for solutions

The COVID-19 crisis: A wake-up call to strengthen social protection systems

Countries with effective health and social protection systems are better prepared to respond to the pandemic.

Private Employment Agencies can contribute to better working conditions

Private employment agencies should complement the rapidly changing labour market of Uzbekistan and play the role of catalysts for new forms of human resources management services and are called upon to make a significant contribution to improving...

The G20 and the COVID-19 pandemic

Global action to beat COVID-19 crisis vital to prevent employment disaster, ILO tells G20 ministers

More needs to be done to protect workers and support businesses, particularly in low and middle income countries, the ILO Director-General has told labour ministers.

COVID-19 pandemic

ILO Office for the Caribbean to host virtual roundtable on safety and health at work in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Panelists will share information on policies and actions implemented in the Caribbean to address the challenges of COVID-19 to occupational safety and health (OSH).

Opinion

Towards a Coordinated Humanitarian-Development Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Reflections from the Arab Region with an ILO Lens

The multilateral system should support Arab countries to build on humanitarian and development mechanisms and experiences developed in recent years, in order to rapidly and effectively respond to the COVID-19 health, social, and economic crisis in...

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

ILO welcomes joint action to tackle COVID-19 threats to global garment industry

Employers, workers, retailers and major brands will form an international working group – convened by the International Labour Organization – to address the already serious damage to the garment industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment

COVID-19: How social and economic sectors are responding

The COVID-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on all social and economic sectors. In a series of briefs, the ILO analyses how the pandemic is affecting the functioning of these sectors and how they are responding to alleviate its effects.

COVID-19: Protecting vulnerable groups

From the classroom to the living room: online classes ensure ongoing professionalization for vulnerable groups amid the pandemic in Brazil

Cozinha&Voz Project is part of a broader initiative to promote decent work for vulnerable populations, jointly developed by the ILO and Brazil´s Federal Labour Prosecutor´s Office (MPT).

The importance of strengthening social protection systems to cope with the impact of Covid-19 on the world of work

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has not only caused millions of confirmed cases and hundreds of thousands death worldwide, but also brought significant impact on the economy, employment and social affairs.

COVID-19 pandemic

ILO Caribbean hosts high-level virtual roundtable on the impact of COVID-19 on the world of work

Session brought together tripartite and ILO leaders from across the region to share ideas on policy measures

Virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

COVID-19: Immediate relief needed to protect workers and enterprises, says ILO Director-General

Priority attention should be given to small enterprises, unprotected workers and those in the informal economy, says the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, in a statement to the Spring Meeting of the IMF/World Bank...

COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment

COVID-19 responses must be built on human solidarity, ILO tells World Bank/IMF

In submissions to the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank the ILO Director-General has laid out a four-pillar plan of policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis, that are human-centred and built on global solidarity.

COVID-19 pandemic

ILO Office for the Caribbean to host high-level tripartite virtual roundtable on the world of work in a time of COVID-19

Session to bring together tripartite and other stakeholders, as well as ILO leaders from across the region to share ideas on policy measures implemented during this pandemic.

Virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

We need a human-centred response to COVID-19 through global solidarity

In a statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF and World Bank, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, outlined the steps that need to be taken to lessen the impact of the crisis on...

COVID-19

Viet Nam can well address labour market challenges

ILO Viet Nam Director Chang-Hee Lee answers some questions on COVID-19's impacts to Viet Nam’s labour market and the roles of social protection and suggests policy resonses.

Editorial

COVID-19 in Vietnam: The unprecedented dual crisis

"If we fail to save people’s livelihoods, we will ultimately fail to protect their life and heath against the virus, and vice versa" explains ILO Viet Nam Director, Chang-Hee Lee, emphasizing the health and economic challenges posed by the COVID-19...

ILO Voices | Youth employment

Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout

The COVID-19 emergency is affecting almost everyone in the world, regardless of age, income or country. However, young people are likely to be particularly hard hit by the economic fallout of the crisis. Find out five reasons why.

COVID-19: Challenges and Impact on the Garment and Textile Industry

The ILO Siraye programme on Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialization in Ethiopia hosted the first of a planned series of webinar aimed at bringing together representatives from the garment and textile factories and brands to address...