Almost one in three deaths from carcinomas (skin cancers that are not melanomas) are due to exposure to ultraviolet solar radiation during outdoor work, warns a study from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The joint study published today also finds that exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation is the third […]
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ILO: More than 46% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean lives informally
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated that, at least, 46% of the economically active population (EAP) of Latin America and the Caribbean has informal employment. During a meeting of the organization in Costa Rica, the deputy regional director for the region, Claudia Coenjaerts, explained that governments must prioritize the fight against informality, unemployment and low […]
Renewable energy employed 13.7 million people, almost double the number in 2012
The sector of renewable energy represented 13.7 million jobs in 2022, a figure that almost doubles the 7.3 million it had in 2012, according to the report published today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The tenth edition of this report also reflects an increase in 7.8% compared […]
ILO: labor informality in the Peruvian agricultural sector exceeds 90%
The labor informality in Peru inside of the agricultural sector exceeds 90% and the advance of formal employment in Peru during the last 12 years for this activity has been barely 9.5%, he commented Luis Gonzalez, employment specialist for the Andean Countries Office of the ILO. This occurred during the development of the first day […]
ILO: Everyone has the right to a safe and healthy working environment
According to the latest estimates of the International Commission on Occupational Health (2022), 2.9 million people die annually due to work-related accidents or diseases. This was recalled by Ítalo Cardona, director of the ILO Office for the Andean countries, for this reason, and in view of this dramatic situation, in June 2022, the governments, employers […]
ILO: Informality hit both young people and women much more in Peru and in Latin America
—One of the main problems in Peru is informal employment. I show you a data scheme where they indicate that 1 out of every 2 employed people in the region is in informal conditions. What can you tell us? —Indeed, 1 out of 2 people is in an informal situation. They are people whose employment […]
ILO believes that artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it destroys
The CEO of the International Labor Organization (ILO)Gilbert Houngbo, affirmed that the advance of the artificial intelligence is “unstoppable”but warned that the technology it usually creates more jobs than it destroys. ”Artificial intelligence is unstoppable. We have to accept that it will go further and further. But generally speaking, technological and digital advances often create […]
ILO: 828,000 people unable to work after earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria
At least 828,000 people have lost their job or have no way of accessing it in Türkiye and in Syria due to the earthquakes that affected both countries last February, as assessed today by the International Labor Organization (ILO). In the case of Turkey, the earthquakes have left 658,000 people unable to continue working, confirmed […]
Three out of every 4 children lack social protection, stalled by the pandemic
Almost three out of four children in the world (73.6%) are outside social protection services, and this percentage, calculated at the beginning of the pandemic (2020), is even higher than that of four years earlier, when it was from 72.8%, warns a United Nations report published today. The joint study by the International Labor Organization […]
Labor informality in Peru reaches 75%
Disparity. Our country has the second highest rate in Latin America, according to the ILO. In the region, one in two employed persons is informal. A study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) determined that the labor informality in Peru it passed the 70% threshold. Although this reading for the second quarter of 2022, which […]