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Labour income stagnated since 2019, primarily due to Covid and technological upgradation: ILO

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Labour income stagnated since 2019, primarily due to Covid and technological upgradation: ILO

The International Labour Organisation Wednesday said that the labour income share has stagnated since 2019, due to Covid and technological upgradation, putting upward pressure on inequality and a large share of youth remains out of employment, education or training. The global labour income share represents the portion of total income earned by workers. In its … Read more

22.8 million work suffer occupational injuries, 18,970 die every year globally due to excessive heat wave: ILO

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22.8 million work suffer occupational injuries, 18,970 die every year globally due to excessive heat wave: ILO

Excessive heat results in an estimated 22.85 million occupational injuries, 18,970 deaths and 2.09 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) every year with large numbers of workers in Americas, Africa, the Middle East and India suffering from irreversible kidney failure due to high temperatures, the International Labour Organisation said. Nations need to create climate change-specific occupational … Read more