VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango has disclosed that over 70 per cent of the workforce in the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) region is engaged in the informal sector, with many workers lacking access to social protection and fair wages among others. And International Labour Organization Assistant Director General and Regional Director, Regional Office for Africa, Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa, says the 2025 WESO report revealed that the informal work and working poverty had returned to pre-pandemic levels and the job recovery had lost much of its ability to generate further improvements. Speaking at the 51st ARLAC governing council meeting for ministers, Thursday, Vice President Nalumango said the ARLAC region, spanning diverse economies across Anglophone Africa, faced shared labour market challenges that...

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