Fragile recovery seen in global labour market after huge 2020 losses – ILO
- 25-Jan-2021
GENEVA: Some 8.8% of global working hours were lost last year due to the pandemic, roughly four times the number lost in the 2009 financial crisis, but there are “tentative signs” of recovery, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Monday. The losses compared with the previous year were equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs […]
Job losses as 175 Australian govt agencies face scrap: reports
- 13-Dec-2014
SYDNEY: Australia's government warned of further job losses Saturday as media reports said around 175 government agencies working in areas as diverse as Antarctic science and drought will be scrapped.