The ILO s annual World Employment and Social Outlook report indicated that the planet would be 75 million jobs short at the end of this year compared to if the pandemic had not occurred.
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COVID-19 pandemic plunges 100m more workers into poverty, says UN
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The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said on Wednesday, after working hours plummeted and access to good-quality jobs evaporated. And the labour market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over, the UN s International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned in a report. Employment was not expected to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 at the earliest, it said.
The ILO s annual World Employment and Social Outlook report indicated that the planet would be 75 million jobs short at the end of this year compared to if the pandemic had not occurred. And it would still have 23 million fewer jobs by the end of next year than would otherwise have been the case. COVID-19 has not just been a public health crisis, it s also been an employment and human crisis, ILO chief Guy Ryder told reporters.
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