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March 2020
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© Chassenet / BSIP via AFP 2022
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19: Social protection systems failing vulnerable groups
25 March 2020
Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive, and permanent social-protection systems.
May 2014
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© Wang Zhao / AFP 2022
Maternity and paternity at work
Maternity protection makes headway amid vast global gaps
13 May 2014
Despite progress in maternity benefits and a trend supporting paternity leave, an ILO report finds most women around the world are still not protected at work.
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© Peter Parks / AFP 2022
Maternity and paternity at work
Economic crisis lends unexpected support to families in some countries
13 May 2014
An ILO report says a surprising side effect of the crisis in some countries was a lift to families, including better benefits for maternity and parental leave.