Positive rights

RBI frames HIV/AIDS workplace policy, experts want national law

ILO push to stop discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS at work place

The International Labour Organisation (ILO), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment and the National AIDS Control …

Global share of women in labour force stagnating for over 15 years

Women’s participation in the labour force globally was only 48 per cent in 2018. For men, this was 75 per cent. 

Socio-political riddle

A safety code

‘Workers must have a right to digitally disconnect’

The Global Commission on the Future of Work calls for new sets of regulations and rights in digital work era

Tactless fisherfolk 'pactless'

कामगारों को तकनीक से न बांधा जाए : आईएलओ

ग्लोबल कमीशन ऑन द फ्यूचर ऑफ वर्क नए नियमों और डिजिटल कार�…

रोजगार मिलने पर भी बदहाल

दिहाड़ी मजदूरों और असंगठित क्षेत्र में काम करने वाले गर…

Sounding warning bells

Children of a lesser god

Gem slaves Tanzanite's child labour

खाली समय में भी 10 फीसदी श्रमिक करते हैं काम : आईएलओ रिपोर्ट

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय श्रम संगठन (आईएलओ) और यूरोफाउंड ने 41 देशो…

ऑटोमेशन कौशल खत्म करेगा, इंसानी हस्तक्षेप जरूरी : आईएलओ

ग्लोबल कमीशन ऑन द फ्यूचर ऑफ वर्क का कहना है कि ऑटोमेशन और…

Automation will de-skill people; need human-in-command approach: ILO

The Global Commission on the Future of Work says automation and other technologies will leave behind those who are least equipped for this …

ILO says economic growth leads to longer working hours in Asia

End of dividend

Better manage e-waste, improve working conditions for recyclers: ILO

The UN agency has called for urgent steps to promote investments in the sector to create “decent” working conditions

Investment in health sector needed to create jobs, achieve SDGs

Ageing populations and increasing rates of non-communicable diseases are projected to generate the demand for 40 million new health workers …

Police firing sparks protests

World has failed to respond to accidents and diseases at work

In 2017, 2.7 million workers died from work-related injuries and diseases, up from 2.4 million workers in 2014. With a nearly 20 per cent rise in …

SC orders compensation for silicosis patients

Migrant workers contracted the disease while working in quartz-crushing factories

Caste discrimination at work place, says ILO report

How can Jharkhand fight distress migration?

The collapse of natural assets is fuelling migration in the state. A recent study throws light on problems faced by tribal communities, …

ILO readies convention on safety standards for industry