Occupational hazard: Exposure to ionising radiation affects over 24 million workers globally

Behavioural risk factors plays an important role in the worldwide cancer burden and 44% of global cancer deaths are preventable  

Cities will be too hot to live in future, says new UNEP report

There is a need for a strategic, whole-system approach that realises sustainable urban cooling or rather sustainable urban comfort

Global unemployment projected to stand at 207 million in 2022: ILO

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a full and balanced recovery of labour markets in 2021

Low-paid workers, women hit most by COVID-19 wage gaps: ILO report

The average wage in two-third countries — for which official data was available — fell or grew more slowly in the first 6 months of …

Increased participation of women in workforce will lead to better outcomes: ILO report

The paper says that enterprises with gender-inclusive cultures are over 60 per cent more likely to have improved profits and productivity

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

UN drives campaign for youth as COVID-19 pandemic ups anxiety among 90%

WHO, ’Big 6’ youth orgs team up to help ‘lockdown generation’ build lives  

Post COVID-19, ILO calls for national-level policy on those working from home

There is an urgency to adopt global labour standards and improve national-level labour registries for home-based workers, organisation says in …

Small businesses provide most jobs in under developed, developing nations: ILO

Policy makers need to focus on informal sector and small economic units to address fundamental challenges of employment creation and improvement …

Making labour the fall guy

BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security

A third of non-melanoma skin cancer deaths caused by working under sun

Estimates from WHO, ILO call for protecting workers from hazardous outdoor work in the sun

Vietnam targets poverty with tourism

An ILO project generates job opportunities for local people in remote villages

COVID-19 lockdown to inflict $65.7 bln loss on Africa every month: UN

Food security threatened; about 70% slum dwellers surveyed by UN in Kenya missing meals or eating less

HIV patients with social protection stay in jobs longer: ILO

New report calls for wider social protection net to include HIV patients

In short

HIV positive people in Sri Lanka to now get health coverage

Four insurance firms will bear HIV-related medical costs; move aimed at increasing access to treatment

Poverty high in Ghana, but so is school enrollment

Households claim improvement in living conditions over last 10 years

UN develops modules to provide safe work environment to health workers

Experts say high rate of infectious viral disease, back injuries, sharps injuries reported among health workers across the world and that it is …

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

We have moved back to the 19th century in regard to labour laws, says labour economist KR Shyam Sundar

Resource mobilisation can help Africa be self-sufficient

African Development Forum discusses ways to reduce dependence on foreign donors

Rajasthan belatedly wakes up to health crisis among mine workers

But there is no credible data available on the number of people suffering from silicosis, an incurable disease

WHO bans smoking in indoor workplaces