COVID-19 and Precarious Employment : Consequences of the Evolving Crisis

The world of work is facing an ongoing pandemic and an economic downturn with severe effects worldwide. Workers trapped in precarious employment (PE), both formal and informal, are among those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we call attention to at least 5 critical ways that the consequences of the crisis among workers in PE will be felt globally: (a) PE will increase, (b) workers in PE will become more precarious, (c) workers in PE will face unemployment without being officially laid off, (d) workers in PE will be exposed to serious stressors and dramatic life changes that may lead to a rise in diseases of despair, and (e) PE might be a factor in deterring the control of or in generating new COVID-19 outbreaks. We conclude that what we really need is a new social contract, where the work of all workers is recognized and protected with adequate job contracts, employment security, and social protection in a new economy, both during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation - 51(2021), 2 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 226-228

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matilla-Santander, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Ahonen, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Albin, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Baron, Sherry [VerfasserIn]
Bolíbar, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Bosmans, Kim [VerfasserIn]
Burström, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Cuervo, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Letitia [VerfasserIn]
Gunn, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Håkansta, Carin [VerfasserIn]
Hemmingsson, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Hogstedt, Christer [VerfasserIn]
Jonsson, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Julià, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Kjellberg, Katarina [VerfasserIn]
Kreshpaj, Bertina [VerfasserIn]
Lewchuk, Wayne [VerfasserIn]
Muntaner, Carles [VerfasserIn]
O'Campo, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Orellana, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Östergren, Per-Olof [VerfasserIn]
Padrosa, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz, Marisol E [VerfasserIn]
Vanroelen, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Vignola, Emilia [VerfasserIn]
Vives, Alejandra [VerfasserIn]
Wegman, David H [VerfasserIn]
Bodin, Theo [VerfasserIn]
All Members of the PWR Study Consortium [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Employment
Journal Article
New economy
Pandemic
Precarious employment

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Date Completed 17.05.2021

Date Revised 25.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0020731420986694

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319941337