COVID-19 and precarious employment: consequences of the evolving crisis
| Autor: | Virginia Gunn, Eva Padrosa, Theo Bodin, Carles Muntaner, Isabel Cuervo, Cecilia Orellana, Patricia O’Campo, David H. Wegman, Bertina Kreshpaj, Per-Olof Östergren, Christophe Vanroelen, Carin Håkansta, Wayne Lewchuk, Kim Bosmans, Alejandra Vives, Maria Albin, Mireia Julià, Christer Hogstedt, Mireia Bolíbar, Johanna Jonsson, Sherry Baron, Letitia Davis, Bo Burström, Nuria Matilla-Santander, Katarina Kjellberg, Marisol E. Ruiz, Emily Q. Ahonen, Emilia Vignola, Tomas Hemmingsson |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Sociology, Interface Demography, Organisation, policy and social inequalities in health care |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation
hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi Social contract media_common.quotation_subject Recession 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Political science Development economics Pandemic Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics Other Social Sciences media_common precarious employment SARS-CoV-2 Health Policy pandemic Stressor Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Health Care Service and Management Health Policy and Services and Health Economy new economy V. The Ignored Dimension of Work Conditions Employment and the Pandemic 030210 environmental & occupational health United States Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi Work (electrical) Social protection Unemployment employment Annan samhällsvetenskap New economy |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Health Services |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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