02/04/2021 11:55 AM

Poor and middle-income countries need bold new mechanisms to dig out of crushing debt, sharply worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on “green,” sustainable recovery, a senior UN official told G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings yesterday.

06/03/2021 03:15 AM

The Budget for 2021-22 (April-March) also proposes to launch a portal that would collect relevant information on gig economy workers, including those working in building and construction, among others.

04/03/2021 10:50 AM

Officials hope expanded protection for workers and more options will attract people to join the contribution-based social security scheme.

28/02/2021 06:50 PM

Thailand kicked off its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on Sunday, with cabinet ministers, health officials and medical professionals among the first in the queue to receive vaccinations.

22/01/2021 11:55 AM

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is looking to hire an unspecified number of firms to provide research and tools for its sustainable investments.

20/01/2021 03:10 PM

Chile ratified the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 . With the culmination of this process, Chile becomes the third country in South America to take on the challenge of moving forward to become a country free of forced labour.

13/01/2021 03:15 PM

The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.

30/11/2020 10:35 AM

The vision of ASEAN young entrepreneurs should be beyond their national borders, for co-operation and prosperity. They should not stop co-operating to reach regional and international customers.