International Labour Organisation
19 results

Will Covid make the jobs market more unfair?
- Economy
- August 28, 2020, 05:25
The Irish labour market tends to amplify economic shocks. That’s been observed through several recent recessions. The reason is that 70 per cent of t(...)

Pandemic has shown how ‘undervalued’ frontline workers were – Higgins
- Social Affairs
- July 8, 2020, 16:10
Covid-19 has illustrated how, for the last four decades, frontline workers and those providing essential services have been “undervalued”, President M(...)

We must prepare for the changes in employment that will follow Covid-19
- Opinion
- May 28, 2020, 01:33
In the months and years ahead, as Ireland emerges from the Covid-19 lockdown, many people will potentially lose their jobs or see the nature of their (...)
![Kailash Satyarthi: “Eradication of trafficking, forced [child] labour, bonded labour is supposed to be accomplished by 2025 and unfortunately it seems that the world is failing again its children.” Photograph: Money Sharma Kailash Satyarthi: “Eradication of trafficking, forced [child] labour, bonded labour is supposed to be accomplished by 2025 and unfortunately it seems that the world is failing again its children.” Photograph: Money Sharma](/polopoly_fs/1.4021532.1568751329!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Rights activist calls for child protection from online threats
- Irish News
- September 17, 2019, 21:15
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi has met Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to seek support for a UN convention combating international child exploitati(...)

Changing to meet new needs
- Sponsored
- September 13, 2019, 00:00
Organisations of all types are finding it difficult to keep up with the pace of change in the world around them. In a world where the world’s biggest (...)

Longer working lives set to become blend of high touch and high tech
- Sponsored
- April 18, 2019, 02:53
Increased longevity, pressure on the pensions system, and the changing nature of employment are combining to create a profoundly different career land(...)

Norah Casey won’t help business women by peddling factoids from another planet
- Work
- February 23, 2018
This week, former Dragon’s Den panellist and magazine publisher Norah Casey launched her annual Planet Woman Academy initiative. It is essentially a m(...)

Seanad passes Bill providing collective pay bargaining for self-employed
- Oireachtas
- November 10, 2016, 20:17
A Labour Private Member’s Bill allowing for self-employed people to collectively pay bargain with employers was passed by the Seanad. Party spokesma(...)

Work permits prove hard to come by for Syrians in Turkey
- Economy
- April 16, 2016, 01:00
Fewer than 0.1 per cent of Syrians in Turkey stand to gain the right to work under much-vaunted Turkish labour laws, undermining EU claims the legisla(...)

Youth unemployment is EU’s biggest challenge - Higgins
- Politics
- December 10, 2015, 19:19
The European Union is in danger of neglecting the principle of social cohesion enshrined in its treaties, President Michael D Higgins has said, descri(...)