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The International Labour Organization (ILO) gave released its report “Social and employment in the world Prospects”, in which it is revealed that it is producing a “growing disconnect” between labor income and productivity, that is, workers increasingly earn less so bring to their businesses.

According to the report, less than 40% of employees have a full-time job permanent, and the trend appears to be downward.

Moreover, six out of ten employees have occupied part-time employment or temporary.

Also noted is increasing in the world of self-employment, leaving out traditional labor contracts between employers and employees.

This trend also affect workers, also affects national economies in general. The ILO says that “this context has led to a shortage of aggregate demand that has persisted tackles over the years following the crisis.”

The report it is estimated that “unemployment and lagging wages have led to weak global demand has already caused losses of 3.7 billion dollars.”

The ILO called on governments to that address this situation and promote permanent jobs and full-time. It also requested to generate public policies that address and ensure adequate protection for workers regardless of the type of jobs they perform.

The report notes that “the coverage of social protection systems is insufficient today, among other things, because they carry rigged eligibility criteria in practice they left as sole beneficiaries people with regular employment contracts. “

(With information from Europe press)