Wednesday, August 11, 2021
The employment crisis became an unfortunate consequence, as India cycled through lockdowns of varying severity and duration during the COVID-19 pandemic. The unemployment rate, at approximately 7.2 percent in January 2020, shot up to 23.5 percent in...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Men and women rural workers will benefit from a new ILO, USDOL partnership to support COVID-19 recovery through decent work, and improve health and safety at work, gender equality and labour law compliance in agriculture, fishing and mining in the...
Monday, April 6, 2020
Poor and vulnerable South Africans, including domestic, farm, service sector, and self-employed workers as well as children from poor families, face a double shock. COVID-19 is a major health risk that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives...
Friday, March 20, 2020
Ces mesures font partie du deuxième volet de ce que l’on appelle le Plan fédéral de Protection sociale et économique. Elles viennent renforcer les 10 mesures adoptées le 6 mars dernier qui faisaient partie intégrante du premier volet de ce plan fédéral.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Far from a distant threat, climate change is already a crisis, contributing to extreme weather events and more frequent and intense disasters, resulting in death and mass destruction, driving families from their homes, and impacting food security and...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Lawmakers on Monday reminded the Executive Department, particularly the Department of Finance, to fully implement the safety net provisions of the Tax Reform of Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law as the oil-price hike for diesel for January 2020 may...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
OPINION: The economic downturn is global. IMF has projected that 90% of the world economy will grow at a lower rate in 2019 than in the previous year. Industrialised countries have what economists call ‘automatic stabilisers’ that pump funds into the...
Sunday, September 29, 2019
OPINION: We can expect rice farmers to quickly descend into dire poverty or move to cities to seek jobs as informal workers. This migration to cities will cause further squatting in slums, where crime and drug dealing fester.Therefore, a number of...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Sindh province in Pakistan is taking an important step toward ending abuse and discrimination against women agricultural workers. The proposed law recognizes the right of women workers to have a written contract, minimum wage, social...
Saturday, August 17, 2019
For the very first time, female workers in the agriculture sector will be formally recognised and be able to demand the stipulated minimum wage, besides healthcare and other benefits. The draft law, which will be tabled in the next meeting of the Sindh...