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European salary rankings: Which countries offer the highest average pay?

The start of the new year is a prime time for job switching — with salary playing a key role in many employees’ decisions. Curious about what your European neighbours are earning? Here is Euronews' country comparison.

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Latin America's Unemployment Falls to 15-Year Low, but Structural Gaps Persist, International Labour Organization Reports

Informality continues to dominate labor markets in the region, affecting 46.7 percent of all workers—nearly one in two people employed

Latin Times

Uzbekistan strengthens labour rights through union-led reforms

Uzbekistan’s trade unions mark 120 years of operation, by taking the lead in labour reform, pushing for equal pay, safer workplaces, and stronger employee rights.

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Billions of workers now suffering from heat stress, UN says

Experts say hotter conditions hinder long-term health and economic security as workers increasingly suffer from conditions such as heatstroke.

Evening Standard

Climate change is profoundly affecting livelihoods across Canada

For years, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been sounding the alarm: climate change is having significant effects on the conditions, characteristics and availability of work.

The Conversation

When is it too hot to work? Know the signs of heat stress, your working rights, and how to cool down

With intense heatwaves in Europe, it’s important to understand the risks and symptoms of heat stress, and to know your rights as a worker.

Euronews

France brings in new protective measures for outdoor workers in heatwaves

The heatwave that has hit Europe over the last week has seen temperatures in France top 40C, and the country is joining Spain and Italy in implementing new measures to protect those working outdoors from the effects of the heat, as deaths are reported across the continent.

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Waste pickers and vendors should be treated as workers, not small businesses – labour lawyer

A new report from the International Labour Organisation outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalising the informal economy. The report provides the basis for negotiations on the subject at the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2025.

The Conversation

Unions from 36 countries protest over treatment of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia

Trade unions from 36 countries have filed a complaint with the International Labour Organisation as development begins to scale up before the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK

Anxious over AI? One way to cope is by building your uniquely human skills

We live in a time of growing anxiety and fear, where the disruptive forces of artificial intelligence (AI), automation, Big Data, virtual reality and augmented reality loom ominously over people’s lives.

The Conversation

Women three times more vulnerable to having job taken by AI than men, new report warns

A new UN-led report found that women's jobs in high-income countries are more likely to be replaced or touched by artificial intelligence than their male peers.

Euronews

AI in the workplace is nearly 3 times more likely to take a woman’s job as a man’s, UN report finds

The gender split could be one reason men feel much more confident that “if they use AI, they'll still get all the benefits,” a Harvard Business School professor said.

Fortune

Trump pulls out of WHO and Paris – how did international bodies get through deglobalisation last time around?

Following Donald Trump’s return to the White House, much attention has been given to his plans for tariffs on imported goods, deportations of illegal migrants, and cuts to federal government spending. Fewer column inches have addressed the implications of his presidency for global regulatory bodies.

The Conversation

UN labor agency head praises relations with Saudi Arabia during investigation of 2034 World Cup host

The head of the United Nations labor agency says it has good relations with Saudi Arabia during an ongoing investigation of alleged rights abuses by the 2034 World Cup host

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Global Migrant Workforce Tops 167 Million in 2022, ILO Report Reveals Key Gender and Sectoral Trends

High-income nations host 68% of migrant workers, with women concentrated in care roles. Report calls for inclusive policies to address disparities.

Reason

COVID-19 Lockdowns Unleashed a Wave of Murder

Researchers find that pandemic policies sparked a wave of violent crime.

The Independent UK

Norway plans protest over decision to award 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia

No opposition or alternative to Saudi hosting the event has been offered or encouraged by Fifa

The Conversation

Five fairness flaws the UN’s new plastics treaty must change

The UN’s new plastics treaty is about to be finalised – marking a crucial opportunity to form an international agreement to tackle the plastic pollution crisis. Plastic waste is ubiquitous – damaging human health and livelihoods, as well as ecosystems in water and on land; yet plastic production is at…

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Lebanon Files Complaint Against Israel Over Deadly Explosions

Lebanon files complaint against Israel at ILO over deadly attacks involving exploding pagers, raising international concerns.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon files complaint against Israel at UN labour body over pager attacks

Labour Minister Mustafa Bayram says 4,000 civilians were killed or wounded in the September attacks.

The Independent UK

Lebanon files complaint against Israel at UN labor body over deadly pager explosions, minister says

A Lebanese government minister says his country is filing a complaint against Israel at the U.N.’s labor organization over the string of deadly attacks involving exploding pagers, saying workers were among those killed and injured

International Business Times

Lebanon Files UN Complaint Against Israel Over Pager Attacks

Lebanon said Wednesday that it had filed a complaint with the United Nations' labour agency over deadly attacks on communication devices across the country in September, which it blames on Israel.

The Independent UK

Yahya Sinwar: Hamas leader and mastermind of 7 October attack killed in Gaza, Israel says

Hamas chief – Israel’s most wanted man – said to have been killed in a chance encounter with Israeli troops, rather than a targeted strike

The Guardian - UK

‘Many are obliged to sleep with the foreman’: Bolivia’s female builders square up to an abusive system

In the face of sexism, harassment and unequal pay, a group of women in the construction industry offers support and empowerment to their colleagues

The Guardian - US

Israel accused of breaking global labor law by withholding Palestinian worker pay

Unions say ‘blatant’ violations of international wage protections have tipped many into extreme poverty

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