World News For Many Covid 19 Has Changed The World Of Work For Good Reuters

COVID-19 spurs calls to boost protections for millions of homeworkers

The dramatic global shift to remote working during COVID-19 lockdowns has underscored an urgent need for greater protections for homeworkers, many of whom are paid far less than those employed outside ... Read More

Bolivians forced to get creative as COVID-19 hits cash-in-hand workers

As a clown with a talent for rapping, Reynaldo Luna used to make a decent living performing at children's parties in Bolivia's highland capital La Paz, where he goes by the name of Rapito Mix. But ... Read More

EXPERT VIEWS How can the world boost efforts to end child labour in 2021?

The world is set to boost efforts to stop children working as 2021 marks the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, amid concerns that COVID-19 has fuelled the practice. Read More

Companies, not poor, get most COVID-19 aid in developing world, says study

Developing countries have used most of their COVID-19 recovery funds to bail out big business, neglecting millions of people who have been pushed into poverty including cash-in-hand workers, women and ... Read More

World urged to act swiftly to end child labor as COVID-19 threatens gains

The world must urgently swap promises for action in the drive to end child labour as the coronavirus pandemic threatens decades of progress in combating the practice, United Nations agencies and a ... Read More

Businesses doing good can reboot 'fairer' Africa after coronavirus

Businesses doing good in Africa can create jobs for some of those hardest hit by the new coronavirus pandemic - the youth, women and the poor, British researchers said on Wednesday. Read More

More parks, fewer offices? How the coronavirus will change city centres

The novel coronavirus has upended many aspects of life in cities worldwide, particularly as large numbers of white-collar workers choose to work from home and shun public transit - shifts that are ... Read More

World leaders to mark United Nations at 75 as pandemic challenges organization

World leaders will come together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic challenges the effectiveness and solidarity of the ... Read More

Women inch towards equal legal rights despite COVID-19 risks, World Bank says

Women gained legal rights in nearly 30 countries last year despite disruption due to COVID-19, but governments must do more to ease the disproportionate burden shouldered by women during the pandemic, ... Read More

REUTERS NEXT COVID-19 fuelling education's tech disruption, deepening digital divide

The COVID-19 pandemic deepened inequities in accessing and benefiting from education but the future of learning could be a more equal one, participants told Reuters Next panels on Monday. Read More