employment

South Africa hopes to generate employment through EPWP

Published on: April 24, 2024
16:08

Pretoria, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa expects the Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) to generate five million jobs in the next five years.

Angola approves agenda for employment-investment agreement with EU

Published on: October 25, 2023
12:45

Luanda, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) The Angolan Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved the Agenda for Employment, the Investment Facilitation Agreement with the European Union (EU), and analyzed the proposed National Security Law.

ECLAC, ILO warn of continued low-quality employment in Latin America

Published on: August 23, 2023
16:31

United Nations, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Latin America continues to be a region of inequality and low-quality employment, according to a new report.

ILO launches digital platform to strengthen employment policies

Published on: March 10, 2023
14:24

Geneva, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The International Labor Organization (ILO) has launched a new web-based platform that provides easy access cutting-edge employment policy expertise.

Job report puts the wind at President Joe Biden´s back

Published on: February 3, 2023
16:42

Washington, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) A stronger-than-expected employment report has put the wind at President Biden’s back ahead of his State of the Union address next week, and it could provide additional momentum as he prepares a reelection announcement in the coming weeks.

ILO calls for G20 support for Global Accelerator on Jobs

Published on: September 15, 2022
12:25

Geneva, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on Thursday called on the G20 ministers of Labor and Employment to support the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions.

China submits ratification of two ILO conventions on forced labor

Published on: August 13, 2022
08:38

Beijing, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) China submitted to the International Labor Organization (ILO) the documents to ratify two important conventions on the eradication of forced labor, local media reported on Saturday.

USA: Job openings situation reflects early signs of slowdown

Published on: August 2, 2022
15:25

Washington, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) The job openings available in the United States dropped to a still-high 10.7 million in June from 11.3 million in May, at a time domestic economy has shown a high inflation rate, the Labor Department (DOL) reported Tuesday.

Cuba to conduct national employment survey in second semester

Published on: April 2, 2022
00:15

Havana, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will carry out the National Occupation Survey in the second half of this year, covering a sample of 60,000 homes, after two years of pause in these studies due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cuba increases labor force

Published on: February 8, 2022
09:49

Havana, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) A total of 236 thousand people got jobs in Cuba in 2021, 89 thousand more than during the previous year, according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), reports Granma newspaper today.

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