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GENEVA - Qatar's labour minister was on Monday appointed without a vote to head the International Labour Organization's annual decision-making conference, despite union criticism amid concerns over labour conditions in Qatar.

A report from the UN's International Labour Organisation predicts that global unemployment will finally fall below pre-pandemic levels in 2023 – but only in high-income countries, which have recovered faster from Covid and other crises.

Low-income countries will not see unemployment rates recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, ILO says.

A global employment divide between high-income and low-income countries is worsening as rising debt levels hit developing countries disproportionately, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday.

U.S. employers have shifted their argument. They want not only to protect employer interference in the U.S. but also to normalize it as a global practice.

The three-day International Labour Conclave concluded here on Friday with the declaration that labour rights are an essential element of the struggle for social and economic justice and social progress.

Kerala will frame a Bill for the protection of domestic workers’ rights, the first such policy by a State in the country, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate a three-day international labour conclave organised by the Labour department in association with the State Planning Board on May 24.

Exclusive: Qatari minister expected to take presidency of ILO event despite bribery investigation

The dilution of the Factories Act, 1948, to enhance daily maximum hours of work from nine to 12 hours and allow women in night shift among others by Karnataka government by amendments through The Factories (Karnataka amendment) Bill 2023, has now reached the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Seven months after catastrophic deluge destroyed homes and crops, millions of women continue to live in debt and penury.