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The ILO’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 exposes the devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers, and analyses measures being taken to create a safe return to work environment.
GENEVA, 27 May 2020 (ILO)* – More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while those who remain employed have seen their working hours cut by 23 per cent, says the International Labour Organization (ILO).
26 May 2020 (UN Environment)* — Remote mountainous regions of Nepal are harsh places in which to survive and make a living.
(UN News)* — Humanitarian aid projects to war-torn Yemen are reaching breaking point, and some $870 million is needed to continue giving life-saving assistance to millions of vulnerable people for the next six months, the World Food Programme (WFP), warned on Tuesday [26 May 2020].
— A future repetition of the current COVID-19 pandemic is preventable with massive cooperation on international and local levels and by ensuring biological diversity preservation around the world, experts recently said.
UN Photo/Marvin Bolotsky | Working from the office could become a relic of the past in the post-COVID-19 world.
UN News spoke to Susan Hayter, a Senior Technical Adviser on the Future of Work at the Geneva-based International Labour Organization, about how COVID-19 could change our working lives.
By Carla Henry, Senior Technical Specialist, ILO Research Department*
25 May 2020 (ILO)* — As economies ease restrictions on businesses, many workers will be called back to work but those deemed to be at elevated health risks may be asked to stay away for longer or to not return.
Older persons, defined as those aged 55 and over, are considered a high-risk category because they might develop medical complications or take longer to recover.
Governments and employers both have a responsibility to ensure that older workers do not face employment discrimination due to their age and perceived vulnerability to the effects of the COVID-19 virus.
What policies and actions can reduce the risk to older workers becoming unemployed or cushion their transition to new sources of employment during and after the pandemic?
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