The world's employees will lose working hours equivalent to 195 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020 due to the pandemic, the U.N. labor agency said.
GENEVA (AN) — The world's employees will lose 6.7% of their working hours in the second quarter of 2020 — equivalent to 195 million jobs — amid a global recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. labor agency said on Tuesday.
The International Labor Organization's latest forecast and analysis reflects the challenges of 81% of the 3.3 billion global workforce living in nations where partial or full lockdowns are in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
But the International Labor Organization notes the post-pandemic job recovery for 15- to 24-year-olds is not universal.
Worker protections against effects of climate change and biological hazards are on the labor conference's agenda.
But unequal access to job opportunities, particularly for women in low-income countries, remains a problem.
By far the largest share of the US$236 billion a year in illegal profits comes from forced commercial sexual exploitation.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen (US$20 million) and Ethiopia (US$15 million).
