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The German Government plans to reintroduce the obligation to work from home in view of the sharp increase in infections with the coronavirus, according to a project of the Ministry of Labor to which dpa had access. The document aims to modify the law on protection against infections and proposes:…
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The pandemic destroyed 125 million jobs

The impact of the pandemic on the labor market will be more severe than initially estimated, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). It estimates 4.3 % of the hours worked lost worldwide in 2021 compared to the levels in…

North Korea faces a “bad economic situation”

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acknowledged that the country is experiencing a bad economic situation, urging senior officials to focus on improving the "quality of life" of the population. In the framework of the celebration of the 76th…

In Latin America 70 % of jobs are informal

About 70 % of the jobs generated from mid-2020 to the first quarter of 2021 in several Latin American countries have been in informal conditions, according to a new report by the International Labor Organization (ILO), which has called for…

Unemployment in Colombia falls to 14.3 %

The unemployment rate in Colombia fell to 14.3 % in July, a reduction of 5.9 percentage points with respect to the same month of the previous year, according to data published by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (NADS).…

In 2020 Latin America lost 56,000 million dollars

Foreign direct investment from Latin America and the Caribbean fell by 34.7 %, representing a loss of 56,000 million dollars and the lowest level in a decade, according to a new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the…

Fed will resume its audience listening events

The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) announced that during 2021 it will resume its listening events, called 'Fed Listens', with the aim of getting first-hand information about the economic recovery after the crisis caused by the pandemic…

E3 starts this coming Saturday

After canceling its 2020 edition due to the coronavirus, this 2021 returns the most important video game event of the year: Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3 in Los Angeles (United States), which will start on June 12 and…