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

IF 3.4 4区 医学 Q1 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
International Journal of Health Services Pub Date : 2021-04-01 Epub Date: 2021-01-11 DOI:10.1177/0020731420986694
Nuria Matilla-Santander, Emily Ahonen, Maria Albin, Sherry Baron, Mireia Bolíbar, Kim Bosmans, Bo Burström, Isabel Cuervo, Letitia Davis, Virginia Gunn, Carin Håkansta, Tomas Hemmingsson, Christer Hogstedt, Johanna Jonsson, Mireia Julià, Katarina Kjellberg, Bertina Kreshpaj, Wayne Lewchuk, Carles Muntaner, Patricia O'Campo, Cecilia Orellana, Per-Olof Östergren, Eva Padrosa, Marisol E Ruiz, Christophe Vanroelen, Emilia Vignola, Alejandra Vives, David H Wegman, Theo Bodin
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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 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.

2019冠状病毒病与不稳定就业:危机演变的后果。
劳动世界正面临一场持续的大流行和经济衰退,对世界各地造成严重影响。被困在不稳定就业(PE)中的工人,无论是正式的还是非正式的,都是受COVID-19大流行影响最大的人群之一。在这里,我们呼吁人们注意至少5个关键的方面,即PE工人的危机后果将在全球范围内感受到:(a)体育工作者将增加,(b)体育工作者将变得更加不稳定,(c)体育工作者将面临失业,而不会被正式解雇,(d)体育工作者将面临严重的压力源和戏剧性的生活变化,可能导致绝望疾病的增加,(e)体育工作者可能是阻止控制或产生新的COVID-19爆发的一个因素。我们的结论是,我们真正需要的是一种新的社会契约,在新经济中,所有工人的工作都得到承认和保护,并得到充分的工作合同、就业保障和社会保护,无论是在2019冠状病毒病危机期间还是之后。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
4.50
自引率
2.90%
发文量
41
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: The International Journal of Health Services is a peer-reviewed journal that contains articles on health and social policy, political economy and sociology, history and philosophy, ethics and law in the areas of health and well-being. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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