Press releases
July 2020
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Virtual Global Summit
Regional events pave the way for global discussions on COVID-19 and the World of Work
03 July 2020
Participants from five ILO regions discussed the challenges of recovery and building back better, and their conclusions will feed into discussions at a ILO virtual Global Summit.
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International Labour Standards
Workers’ organizations are essential to promote and put into practice ILO standards on Violence and Harassment
03 July 2020
Social dialogue including collective bargaining remains a vital instrument for workers’organizations to advocate for the ratification and implementation of these new ILO standards on violence and harassment in the world of work.
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Press release
The first online actuarial training for MOHRSS and its local branches
01 July 2020
June 2020
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© Jennifer A. Patterson / ILO 2020
COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment
As jobs crisis deepens, ILO warns of uncertain and incomplete labour market recovery
30 June 2020
The International Labour Organization’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 finds its impact on the world of work was more severe than previously estimated, and offers three scenarios for the second half of 2020.
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COVID-19 and the World of Work
Responses to COVID-19: International Labour Standards and tripartite cooperation needed, says the ILO
29 June 2020
ILO tools developed over 100 years help to address effectively the global crisis of COVID-19.
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Media advisory
ILO to hold virtual, Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work
26 June 2020
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Media advisory
ILO to release updated analysis of effects of COVID-19 on labour markets
25 June 2020
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© S. Hadkar/Times of India/AFP 2020
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
ILO warns of COVID-19 migrant ‘crisis within a crisis’
24 June 2020
Policies need to be put in place to protect stranded migrant workers and to ensure the reintegration of those who return to their home countries, says the International Labour Organization.
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Media advisory
ILO assesses impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers
22 June 2020
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© Sambrian Mbaabu / World Bank 2020
COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19 causes unprecedented jobs crisis, almost all workers and businesses affected by lockdown measures
19 June 2020
UN Secretary-General is calling for immediate support for at-risk workers, enterprises, jobs and incomes in a new Policy Brief on the World of Work and COVID-19, prepared with the ILO.