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Mind the Gap: The Great Return

Feminist economists have a neat phrase for what is an everyday life for far too many women around the world.

opinion

Published on Mar 10, 2025 06:00 AM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Learn to draw boundaries at work to avoid burnout, say mental health experts

Along with tips to politely say no to being overworked, mental health experts share simple ways to alleviate stress in a jiffy

There is no harm in asking for help or clarity at the workplace if it help ease the burden (Pexels )

htcity

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 04:18 PM IST

ByAbigail banerji

Legally Speaking | Do we have the right to sleep?

The Bombay high court recently emphasised that the right to sleep is a fundamental human right. The HC's ruling aligns with a universal right to rest

The right to sleep or rest has been termed a basic human right(Shutterstock)

analysis

Published on Apr 20, 2024 11:30 PM IST

ByParijata Bhardwaj

Building an inclusive social safety system

WSPR 2020-22 doesn't recognize social security in kind. The Indian government is working to map and include more social protection schemes in the WSPR.

WSPR suffers from a measurement issue. In India, the size of the unorganised or informal sector is about 80%.(PTI)

opinion

Published on Jul 20, 2023 10:19 PM IST

ByArti Ahuja

Labour Day 2022: As CMs take to Twitter, here’s some trivia on the day

The first Labour’s Day in India was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai.Here are interesting facts about the history and significance of International Labour Day.

Image shared by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Twitter.

india news

Published on May 01, 2022 10:26 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

52 million job deficit, 21 million more unemployed in 2022: Report

With a slow and uncertain recovery in global labour markets, inflation has significantly reduced disposable income, adding to the cost of the crisis.

The report suggests that global unemployment will be as high as 207 million in 2022, surpassing the 2019 level by some 21 million. (Pradeep Gaur/MINT)

world news

Published on Jan 19, 2022 10:13 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021

The pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption that - absent concerted policy efforts - will scar the social and employment landscape for years to come. The study has been authored by Verónica Escudero and consecutively by Janine Berg.

All countries have suffered a sharp deterioration in employment and national income.(Representative Photo)

ht insight

Published on Jul 21, 2021 01:55 PM IST

ByInternational Labour Organization

World Day against Child Labour 2020: Significance, Theme, Steps taken to eradicate the social evil

The World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12 in almost 100 countries all around the globe every year.

International Labour Organization (ILO), launched the World Day Against Child Labour to ensure a normal childhood for the many children in the age group 5 to 17 and providing them with adequate education, proper health care, leisure time or just basic freedom.(Unsplash)

lifestyle

Updated on Jun 12, 2020 12:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com

About 400 million workers in India may sink into poverty: UN report

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in its report titled ‘ILO Monitor 2nd edition: COVID-19 and the world of work’, describes coronavirus pandemic as “the worst global crisis since World War II”.

education

Published on Apr 08, 2020 03:49 PM IST

United Nations | ByPress Trust of India

Global unemployment projected to rise by around 2.5 million in 2020: UN report

The number of people unemployed around the world stands at some 188 million. In addition, 165 million people do not have enough paid work, and 120 million have either given up actively searching for work or otherwise lack access to the labour market.

The annual WESO Trends report analyses key labour market issues, including unemployment, labour underutilisation, working poverty, income inequality, labour income share and factors that exclude people from decent work.(HT file)

education

Published on Jan 21, 2020 02:19 PM IST

United Nations | ByPress Trust of India

India must seize the opportunity to create safe and healthy workplace

It has been well established that a safe and healthy workplace is a productive and dynamic one, leading to sustainable businesses.

During 2011-16, the number of cases of occupational diseases reported to the government in India was only 562. In contrast, a scientific article published in the National Medical Journal of India, 2016, indicates prevalence of occupational diseases such as silicosis and byssinosis.(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

analysis

Published on May 20, 2019 08:08 AM IST

ByDagmar Walter

Netflix original Roma casts spotlight on Latin America’s domestic workers

The live-in nanny in Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-nominated film Roma, Ignacia Ponciano represents millions of women working in domestic service across Latin America for want of a better opportunity.

Mexican domestic worker Ignacia Ponciano poses at the house where she has worked for over 30 years in Mexico City on January 18, 2019. - The working conditions of domestics in Latin America, to whom director Alfonso Cuaron pays homage in his recent movie 'Roma', is slowly reaching a legal framework. Whilst several countries in the region have established laws for the sector in the last decade, other simultaneous realities such as economic crises and migration, are hampering those conquests and ambitions of formality. (Photo by Rodrigo ARANGUA / AFP)(AFP)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 20, 2019 07:02 PM IST

ByAgence France-Presse, Montevideo

Informal jobs are the new norm, not the exception

We need to identify strategies to organise informal workers to increase their collective representative voice.

We need to identify strategies to organise informal workers (both the working poor and gig economy workers) to increase their collective representative voice and ensure that their fundamental rights at work are not violated.(Bloomberg)

analysis

Updated on Feb 11, 2019 07:29 AM IST

ByRadhicka Kapoor

Men sharing childcare make society more equal

Social assumptions about Noble Mothers who sacrifice careers for their children are deeply ingrained

According to a July 2018 International Labour Organization (ILO)(Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)

columns

Published on Feb 09, 2019 03:26 PM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Qatar amends laws to allow foreign workers to leave country without exit permits from employers

Qatar’s system still requires the country’s 1.6 million mainly Asian foreign workers to obtain their employers’ consent before changing jobs, which rights groups say leaves workers open to abuse.

Doha is keen to show it is tackling allegations of worker exploitation as it prepares to host the 2022 soccer World Cup, which it has presented as a showcase of its progress and development.(AFP File)

world news

Updated on Sep 05, 2018 10:38 AM IST

Dubai | ByReuters

The big #MeToo dilemma in India and China is who you gonna call

But while Western outfits are right to fear lawsuits stemming from the #MeToo movement, many companies in Asia probably feel it’s not something they need to worry about.

Human resource departments may have something to do with women not reporting bad behaviour in Asian companies.(HT File Photo)

editorials

Updated on Apr 30, 2018 10:53 AM IST

Bloomberg | ByNisha Gopalan

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international labour organization news

Latest from international labour organization

Feminist economists have a neat phrase for what is an everyday life for far too many women around the world.

Along with tips to politely say no to being overworked, mental health experts share simple ways to alleviate stress in a jiffy

The Bombay high court recently emphasised that the right to sleep is a fundamental human right. The HC's ruling aligns with a universal right to rest

WSPR 2020-22 doesn't recognize social security in kind. The Indian government is working to map and include more social protection schemes in the WSPR.

The first Labour’s Day in India was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai.Here are interesting facts about the history and significance of International Labour Day.

With a slow and uncertain recovery in global labour markets, inflation has significantly reduced disposable income, adding to the cost of the crisis.

The pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption that - absent concerted policy efforts - will scar the social and employment landscape for years to come. The study has been authored by Verónica Escudero and consecutively by Janine Berg.

The World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12 in almost 100 countries all around the globe every year.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in its report titled ‘ILO Monitor 2nd edition: COVID-19 and the world of work’, describes coronavirus pandemic as “the worst global crisis since World War II”.

The number of people unemployed around the world stands at some 188 million. In addition, 165 million people do not have enough paid work, and 120 million have either given up actively searching for work or otherwise lack access to the labour market.

It has been well established that a safe and healthy workplace is a productive and dynamic one, leading to sustainable businesses.

The live-in nanny in Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-nominated film Roma, Ignacia Ponciano represents millions of women working in domestic service across Latin America for want of a better opportunity.

We need to identify strategies to organise informal workers to increase their collective representative voice.

Social assumptions about Noble Mothers who sacrifice careers for their children are deeply ingrained

Qatar’s system still requires the country’s 1.6 million mainly Asian foreign workers to obtain their employers’ consent before changing jobs, which rights groups say leaves workers open to abuse.

But while Western outfits are right to fear lawsuits stemming from the #MeToo movement, many companies in Asia probably feel it’s not something they need to worry about.

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