Geneva — At least 220-million people are expected to remain unemployed globally in 2020, well above pre-pandemic levels, with a weak labour market recovery worsening existing inequalities, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Wednesday.
The UN agency said slower‐than‐expected vaccine rollouts and a resurgence of coronavirus variants have dampened the global jobs recovery forecast, that will see 205-million unemployed next year — above the 187-million recorded in 2019 before the coronavirus crisis struck...
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