Half a billion jobs were lost around the world to Covid-19 in Q2
The novel coronavirus will exact a much higher toll on job markets around the world than previously feared, according to the global watchdog for labour.
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According to the International Labor Organisation, the number of hours lost globally has been "considerably larger" year-to-date than previously thought.
Over the three months to June, the number of hours worked had fallen by 17% in comparison to the same period one year before.
That, ILO said, was equivalent to 500m jobs and more than the 400m that it had calculated in June.
Year-to-date meanwhile, income losses for labour, excluding the offset from government aid programmes, had climbed to $3.5trn.
The situation was expected to improve but not entirely by any means.
Hours worked were expected to still be running at the equivalent of 245m fewer full-time jobs globally in the last quarter of 2020, up from the 140m previously anticipated.
Indeed, the final tally for the quarter might run as high as 500m.