Decent Work During the Pandemic: Indication and Profiling Matters

M.V Simonova,L.V Sankova,F.I Mirzabalaeva,J Horák,P Šuleř,Z Rowland

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20219101020

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of theoretical and applied aspects of decent work during the period of unstable economy development associated with the pandemic. The aim of research is to identify key labor trends, determine valid indicators and analyze decent work profiles at the level of the world community, Russia and its regions. The authors analyzed the decent work profiles at the beginning and during the downturn of the pandemic; studied the components of decent work in the economy as a whole and at the regional level. Special attention is paid to the criteria of profiling, which determine the necessary investment directions and formats in ensuring decent work conditions in the country context. Indicators and an integral indicator of decent work, taking into account the conditions of the pandemic, including unemployment; expenditure in GDP and payments against the subsistence minimum; loss of working time due to restrictive measures; the proportion of workers transferred to remote employment; Wage change rate; occupational safety index and others are proposed. The materials can be of practical value for the employment policy directions development at the regional and Federal levels of Russia, taking into account the current epidemiological situation and employment digitalization strategic priorities.

Highlights

The economy instability, as an immanent feature of its development, is projected on the labor and employment sphere, generating shocks of demand for labor, restructuring of employment by sector, remuneration monetary characteristics volatility, active employment policy’s new programs updating, the population social welfare formats
We suggest grouping the criteria for describing decent work profiles reflecting pandemic conditions as follows:
Taking into account the limitations of statistics on a number of the proposed index components, consider the decent work profile based on available data

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Introduction

The economy instability, as an immanent feature of its development, is projected on the labor and employment sphere, generating shocks of demand for labor, restructuring of employment by sector, remuneration monetary characteristics volatility, active employment policy’s new programs updating, the population social welfare formats. The modern socio-economic space transformation in all countries of the world in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic has a direct impact on the subject field of decent work. The request for the definition of indicators of decent work and the analysis of developments in various countries, regions and sectors of the economy during the pandemic is formed

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