ILO: Pandemic dwarfs global financial crisis
The U.N. labor agency estimated job losses in 2020 due to the pandemic were quadruple those during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
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The U.N. labor agency estimated job losses in 2020 due to the pandemic were quadruple those during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
ILO reported the number of home-based workers soared with the pandemic, prompting the need for more employment protections.
The world's top sports court blocked Russia from fielding teams at the next two Olympics and any world championships.
Russia vehemently denied accusations and charges by British and American authorities that its agents planned or carried out hacks of Olympic Games.
A new report finds the $100 billion chocolate industry's promise to ILO to eliminate child slavery not only remains unfulfilled — things have gotten worse.
New momentum for creating a global organization to investigate corruption in sports surfaced as FIFA and UNODC signed a cooperation agreement.
WADA said it will consider amending its rules to prevent the United States from jeopardizing the global anti-doping system.
Nearly a third of the world’s 1.5 billion schoolchildren have been unable to access remote learning during school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The ILO said a two decade-old convention outlawing the worst forces of child labor has gained universal ratification among all of its 187 member nations.
A generation of children could suffer major setbacks if nations fail to sufficiently contain the coronavirus so schools can reopen, according to UNESCO data.
A third of the world's children have elevated levels of lead in their blood that could lead to irreversible harm, UNICEF and Pure Earth reported.
At least one of every six young workers has been idled during the pandemic and the losses could create a "lockdown generation," the U.N. labor agency said.
The heads of the IOC and WHO acknowledged the COVID-19 pandemic makes next year's Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics unpredictable.
Humanitarian organizations offered guidelines to help 1.5 billion students who face "an unprecedented risk" if the pandemic keeps schools closed for long.
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.
In an unprecedented move, the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo will be postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.