ILO warns of unrest over jobs slump

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Social unrest is likely as the world teeters on the brink of a second Great Depression. That's the verdict of the International Labour Organisation's World of Work Report which looks at labour markets across the globe. It said the risk of social unrest was rising in 45 of the 118 countries it examined and predicted it would take at least five years for employment in advanced economies to return to the level it had been before the crisis began.

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