Thursday, 14 January 2021, 7:08 am
The UN’s labour agency (ILO) called on
Wednesday for greater recognition and protection for the
hundreds of millions of people who work from home,
accounting for almost eight per cent of the global workforce
even before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since
movement restrictions linked to the global spread of the
virus were implement in many countries, the number of people
working from home has increased sharply, and that trend is
expected to continue in coming years, despite the rollout of
vaccines that began in late 2020.
Drop in wages in
rich and poor countries
According to a new ILOreport,