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The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said on Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
In a fresh study, the UN’s International Labour Organization found that 8.8 percent of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
That is equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, or “approximately four times greater than the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis,” the ILO said in a statement.
World lost equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020, says UN study
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The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said on Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
In a fresh study, the UN s International Labour Organisation (ILO) found that a full 8.8 per cent of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
That is equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, or approximately four times greater than the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis, the ILO said in a statement.
Covid: World lost equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020, says UN study
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(AFP) The most severe crisis for the world of work since the Great Depression of the 1930s
The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
In a fresh study, the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) found that a full 8.8 per cent of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
That is equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, or “approximately four times greater than the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis,” the ILO said in a statement.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost. In a fresh study, the UN s International Labour Organization (ILO) found that a full 8.8 per cent of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. That is equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, or approximately four times greater than the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis, the ILO said in a statement. This has been the most severe crisis for the world of work since the Great Depression of the 1930s, ILO chief Guy Ryder told reporters in a virtual briefing.