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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 Day of Cooperatives
How cooperatives can help Brazil’s waste pickers build back from COVID-19
03 July 2020
This year’s International Day of Cooperatives on 4 July will focus on climate action. Waste pickers’ cooperatives in Brazil are examples of how cooperatives can help combat climate change, while facing the challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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Let’s talk openly about mental health in the workplace
03 July 2020
With so many workers suffering the psychological consequences of the pandemic, mental health cannot remain a taboo.
June 2020
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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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Media advisory
ILO to hold virtual, Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work
26 June 2020
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Violence and harassment Convention
ILO Violence and Harassment Convention will enter into force in June 2021
25 June 2020
The ratification by Fiji, the second after Uruguay, will allow Convention No. 190 to enter into force in a year’s time.
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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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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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‘Business as unusual’: How COVID-19 brought forward the future of work
22 June 2020
Millions of people around the world have been working remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Could this ‘business as unusual’ be the future of work?