Unit of Occupational Medicine, The Institute of Environmental Medicine, 27106Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, 10668Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Int J Health Serv. 2021 Apr;51(2):226-228. doi: 10.1177/0020731420986694. Epub 2021 Jan 11.
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: () PE will increase, () workers in PE will become more precarious, () workers in PE will face unemployment without being officially laid off, () workers in PE will be exposed to serious stressors and dramatic life changes that may lead to a rise in diseases of despair, and () 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.
全球职场正面临一场旷日持久的大流行病和经济衰退，其影响极其严重。受新冠疫情影响最大的人群之一是被困在不稳定就业（PE）中的正式和非正式工人。在这里，我们至少要注意到这场危机对 PE 工人造成的 5 个严重后果：（1）PE 将增加；（2）PE 工人将变得更加不稳定；（3）PE 工人可能失业，但不会被正式解雇；（4）PE 工人将面临严重的压力源和戏剧性的生活变化，这可能导致绝望疾病的增加；（5）PE 可能是阻碍或引发新的 COVID-19 爆发的一个因素。我们的结论是，我们真正需要的是一个新的社会契约，在这个契约中，所有工人的工作都将得到认可和保护，在新的经济体系中，他们将拥有足够的就业合同、就业保障和社会保护，无论是在新冠疫情期间还是之后。
