International Labour Organization

03 Dec 2020
The coronavirus pandemic, which adversely affected the Indian economy, also had an impact on wages, a recent report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) said.

12 Jun 2020
The economic repercussions of coronavirus, which has already taken 423,844 lives globally, are mountainous. Thanks to lockdowns, enforced to break the transmission chain, even the richest countries are staring at oblivion.

15 May 2020
To oppose the suspension of labor laws in some states, 10 central trade unions have decided to hold a nationwide protest on May 22.

10 Apr 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and 21-day lockdown announced in India to contain its spread have had a direct catastrophic impact on food supplies, with prices of staple items (barring cereals) increasing by at least three times as compared to last month, a report in HT said on Friday.

28 Oct 2018
Long-awaited reform of Qatar's controversial exit visa system, which requires foreign workers to obtain their bosses' permission to leave the country, came into force on Sunday, the government said.

25 Sep 2018
The Central government is planning on linking the details of about 100 million workers with Aadhaar to establish a reliable system to track job growth in the country.

28 Aug 2018
The International Labor Organization (ILO) recently released its India Wage Report, and there are both positives and negatives to take from it.

20 Sep 2017
Decades after its abolition, the ugly practice of slavery continues to thrive in modern times.

15 Jan 2017
International Labour Organization launched 'World Employment and Social Outlook - Trends 2017' providing forecasts for global unemployment in 2017 and 2018.

26 Dec 2016
Eight human traffickers have been sentenced to life for the heinous crime of chopping off hands of two labourers in 2013.

12 Sep 2016
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Pentagon's scientific-innovation department, is developing a search engine capable of mining the entirety of the internet - the Surface Web, the Dark Web and the Deep Web.