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

Matilla-Santander, Nuria ; Ahonen, Emily ; Albin, Maria LU ; Baron, Sherry ; Bolíbar, Mireia ; Bosmans, Kim ; Burström, Bo ; Cuervo, Isabel ; Davis, Letitia and Gunn, Virginia , et al. (2021) In International Journal of Health Services 51(2). p.226-228
Abstract

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... (More)

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.

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COVID-19, employment, new economy, pandemic, precarious employment
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International Journal of Health Services
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51
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2
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3 pages
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Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.
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  • pmid:33430684
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ISSN
0020-7314
DOI
10.1177/0020731420986694
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English
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  author       = {{Matilla-Santander, Nuria and Ahonen, Emily and Albin, Maria and Baron, Sherry and Bolíbar, Mireia and Bosmans, Kim and Burström, Bo and Cuervo, Isabel and Davis, Letitia and Gunn, Virginia and Håkansta, Carin and Hemmingsson, Tomas and Hogstedt, Christer and Jonsson, Johanna and Julià, Mireia and Kjellberg, Katarina and Kreshpaj, Bertina and Lewchuk, Wayne and Muntaner, Carles and O’Campo, Patricia and Orellana, Cecilia and Östergren, Per Olof and Padrosa, Eva and Ruiz, Marisol E. and Vanroelen, Christophe and Vignola, Emilia and Vives, Alejandra and Wegman, David H. and Bodin, Theo}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{04}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{226--228}},
  publisher    = {{Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Health Services}},
  title        = {{COVID-19 and Precarious Employment : Consequences of the Evolving Crisis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020731420986694}},
  doi          = {{10.1177/0020731420986694}},
  volume       = {{51}},
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