According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) 2025 data, countries vary dramatically in average weekly working hours. While some developed nations experiment with four-day workweeks, others see workers consistently exceeding 49 hours per week. 

54 hours a week? Top 8 hardest-working countries in 2025, know where India ranks

An international labour organisation report suggests that criminals are reaping obscene profits from forced labour. They are making profits to the tune of a quarter of one trillion dollars much of this money comes from sexual exploitation.

Profits from forced labour at nearly 1/4 of a trillion dollars

In the wake of the Taliban assuming control over Afghanistan in August 2021 and the subsequent withdrawal of foreign forces, there has been a profound setback for women's employment in the country. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has estimated that female employment in Afghanistan has regrettably diminished by 25%. Watch this WION Exclusive report by Sneha Swaminathan.

What is it like to be a working woman in Afghanistan? | WION Exclusive

Slavery is a scourge in human history, where people were held by someone else or treated as their property without the privileges of a "free person". Surely this menace doesn't exist in the modern world, does it?

It's 21st century and yet 50 million people across the world are still bound in 'modern slavery': UN

The International labour organisation has come out with a report giving an estimate of the falls in income due to Coronavirus pandemic. Watch the report to know more.

Income from work falls by 10.7% between Jan-Sept 2020: ILO

The COVID-19 pandemic has left everyone in 6 young people out of work. International Labour Organisation's latest analysis explains the devastating impact on young people. Watch report.

Lockdown hit generation hard: Employed people face cut in working hours

Nepali prosecutors said Tuesday they will seek a 13-year jail term for a former United Nations official from Canada found guilty of sexually abusing two boys. Peter John Dalglish, a 62-year-old former high-profile humanitarian worker, was found guilty by a court on Monday and is due to be sentenced next month.

Jail term sought for ex-United Nations official convicted of child abuse in Nepal

No paid work should threaten your well being, rules International Labour Organization

The global unemployment rate inched down last year, the UN said Wednesday, warning though that jobs often failed to guarantee decent living, with some 700 million workers wallowing in poverty.

Global unemployment down, but too many working poor: UN

World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12

Child Labour: A need for intervention