A new ILO analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 reveals a “massive” drop in labour income and a fiscal stimulus gap that threatens to increase inequality between richer and poorer countries. The devastating losses in working hours caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have brought a “massive” drop in labour income for workers around […]

The ILO Office for Central and Eastern Europe asked people from different sectors how the pandemic impacted their working life in mid-June, 2020. The interviews reveal they did not only lose a significant amount of their work and income because of the lockdown measures, but also have to deal with work and life imbalance, increased […]

FAQ – Key provisions of international labour standards relevant to the evolving COVID-19 outbreak ILO Standards and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic with its far reaching socio-economic consequences calls for effective tripartite social dialogue and cooperation bringing together governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations to design effective strategies and policies to address its impacts. Social dialogue and tripartism can be drivers for economic and social resilience, competitiveness, stability and inclusive growth and development. ILO […]

The International Labour Organization’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 finds its impact on the world of work was more severe than previously estimated, and offers three scenarios for the second half of 2020. GENEVA (ILO News) – The number of working hours lost across the world in the first half of […]

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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 (ILO News) – More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic  while those who […]

ILO and EBRD published today an assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on employment in North Macedonia. The report shows that the lockdown measures had severe impacts on employment, assesses the measures taken by government so far, and offers policy recommendations on what else to do. The objective of the ILO/EBRD task force Covid-19 and the […]

In order to support policymakers, the ILO Social Protection Department has developed a Rapid Social Protection Calculator for COVID 19.  In “normal” times, such assessments can be prepared well in advance and are based on comprehensive information and sophisticated actuarial models. However, in the context of the COVID 19 crisis, however, urgent and decisive action may […]

Strengthened and comprehensive social protection systems will lessen the impact of crises such as COVID-19 GENEVA (ILO News) -The COVID-19 crisis has exposed devastating gaps in social protection coverage in developing countries, and recovery will only be sustained and future crises prevented if they can transform their ad hoc crisis response measures into comprehensive social […]

Op-ed by Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization   In these times of COVID-19, the big challenge for most of us is how to protect ourselves and our families from the virus and how to hold on to our jobs. For policy-makers that translates into beating the pandemic without doing irreversible damage to the economy […]

The latest ILO data on the labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the devastating effect on workers in the informal economy and on hundreds of millions of enterprises worldwide. The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak  means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – that is nearly […]

Prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 in workplaces requires effective processes of risk assessment and risk management. This tool offers a simple and collaborative approach to assess COVID-19 risks as a step to take measures to protect the safety and health of workers. The Checklist can be found at: https://socijalendijalog.mk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Final-Covid19-Checklist-ENG.pdf

The International Labour Organization warns that without adequate safeguards for returning workers there could be a second wave of the virus. GENEVA (ILO News) – As the pressure mounts on countries to ease their lockdown restrictions, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged Governments to take action to prevent and control COVID-19 in the workplace , with […]

Stop the pandemic: Safety and health at work can save lives Recognizing the great challenge that governments, employers, workers and whole societies are facing worldwide to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a catastrophic effect on working hours and earnings, globally. A new ILO report highlights some of the worst affected sectors and regions, and outlines policies to mitigate the crisis. GENEVA (ILO News) – The COVID-19 crisis  is expected to wipe out 6.7 per cent of working hours globally in the second quarter […]

The ILO established a Task Team of employment and labour law specialists to come up with answers and solutions to world of work problems triggered by the coronavirus pandemic in North Macedonia. The multidisciplinary team is led by ILO and includes national experts and representatives of the government, employers’ and workers’ organizations in the Economic […]

New guidelines issued by ILO and UNICEF call on enterprises to do more to support working families during the pandemic. GENEVA (ILO News) – New guidelines for businesses, to help them support working families during the COVID-19 pandemic , have been issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) . The preliminary guidance […]