L20 adopts joint statement on universalisation of social security

The inception meeting will be followed by an L-20 summit in June before the G-20 labour ministers meeting in the latter part of the year

The Labour-20 (L-20) engagement group of the G-20 has adopted a joint statement  in its inception meeting on resolving the issue of portability of social security among G20 nations and plugging the gender gap in the global workforce.

Trade union leaders, labour studies experts and delegates from close to 20 nations deliberated on social security, gender gap, labour migration among other things as a step towards the welfare of workers in the two day meet at Amritsar. 

“The joint statement on universalisation of social security stated that the question of portability of benefits within the G20 nations is a low