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World Teachers Day: Teachers Worldwide Struggle To Educate Future Workers
06/10/2012 Comments Off on World Teachers Day: Teachers Worldwide Struggle To Educate Future Workers
ILO News– Amina* has been teaching for four years and she feels frustrated every day she goes into the government school where she works in Arusha, Northern Tanzania. “We receive a small salary of between US$120 – $190 a month, and when we are in the classroom we have a lot of challenges,” she said. […]
Continue reading …How Jobs Are Transforming Societies Around The World
04/10/2012 Comments Off on How Jobs Are Transforming Societies Around The World
From the World Bank— Working under the hot Jamaican sun on a noisy construction site is not easy, but the job means a lot to Shernette Chin. “It helps me out with my kids,” says Shernette. “If I didn’t have this job, I don’t know how I would manage.” While individuals value jobs for the […]
Continue reading …Signs Point To No Or Slow Growth In Global Job Markets In 2013
04/10/2012 Comments Off on Signs Point To No Or Slow Growth In Global Job Markets In 2013
A global economic storm is raging, putting a dark cloud over job growth. Several recent reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other observers of the global and U.S. job markets and economy are likely to struggle to grow, at least during early 2013. Like the economy as whole, employment in the United […]
Continue reading …Guy Ryder Becomes 10th ILO Director-General
02/10/2012 Comments Off on Guy Ryder Becomes 10th ILO Director-General
Outgoing International Labor Organization (ILO) head, Juan Somavia, has handed over his job to Guy Ryder, who took office as the Geneva-based United Nations agency’s director-general on 1 October 2012. Ryder received three keys symbolizing the ILO’s structure, from outgoing ILO head, Juan Somavia. “You are now the guardian of our values and our traditions,” […]
Continue reading …New Technology, New Jobs – Educating The Future Smart Grid Workforce
24/09/2012 Comments Off on New Technology, New Jobs – Educating The Future Smart Grid Workforce
By Karen Stewartson, Government Technology— Not only is Massoud Amin a scholar and educator, he’s also considered the “father of the smart grid.” This Q&A from Government Technology with University of Minnesota professor Massoud Amin discusses the kinds of jobs and skills that will be created by smart grid technology and what it will take […]
Continue reading …Global Gloom About The World Economy, China, India & Emerging Markets Optimistic
21/09/2012 Comments Off on Global Gloom About The World Economy, China, India & Emerging Markets Optimistic
Pew Research Center report- The economic mood is exceedingly glum all around the world. A median of just 27% think their national economy is doing well, according to a survey in 21 countries by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project. Only in China (83%), Germany (73%), Brazil (65%) and Turkey (57%) do most people […]
Continue reading …Hinduja Global Solutions Buys Deloitte’s Hospital Back Office Outsourcing Business
18/09/2012 Comments Off on Hinduja Global Solutions Buys Deloitte’s Hospital Back Office Outsourcing Business
The U.S. subsidiary of business process outsourcing firm Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) is buying the health care back office business of Deloitte Consulting Extended Business Services. HGS expects to expand its outsourcing services to U.S. hospitals. The business that HGS is buying consists of accounts receivable processing services and insurance eligibility verification services. Hinduja Global […]
Continue reading …Domestic Workers No Longer A Domestic Issue In Philippines
17/09/2012 Comments Off on Domestic Workers No Longer A Domestic Issue In Philippines
ILO News– Dumaguete City is one of the Philippines’ top destinations for divers and nature lovers. For Aileen Capacite Bulfa, however, it was not the perfect summer getaway. The daughter of a poor farmer, she moved to Dumaguete to become a domestic worker when she was 13. She tried to attend the first year of […]
Continue reading …Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
27/02/2012 Comments Off on Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
By ROBERT SCALLY — The outlook for the U.S. economy is mostly unchanged from that of three months ago, according to 45 economic forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The economy continues to slowly improve, and should keep getting better for the next few years. The overall forecast for job growth and […]
Continue reading …Labor Standards Database Launched By ILO
24/02/2012 Comments Off on Labor Standards Database Launched By ILO
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing open access to the latest information on ILO international labor standards as well as national labor and social security laws. Labor Standards Database The new database, called NORMLEX, provides a user-friendly interface in English, French and Spanish on issues such as the ratification status […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill