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.
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).