The U.N. labor agency estimated job losses in 2020 due to the pandemic were quadruple those during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
GENEVA (AN) — The U.N. labor agency estimated on Monday that job losses in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic were four times greater than those during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
The equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs were lost last year, according to a new report from the Geneva-based International Labor Organization. Those represent 8.8% of all work hours worldwide. ILO said they vanished due to lockdown restrictions that governments imposed on businesses and citizens.
The averate rate of gains for women-held seats accelerated between 2000 and 2015, but slowed in the last decade.
Minimum wage workers in the E.U. had the most purchasing power in Germany and the least in Estonia.
The five-year partnership aims to help ski federations, venues and race organizers better manage natural and artificial snow.
But the International Labor Organization notes the post-pandemic job recovery for 15- to 24-year-olds is not universal.
Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
