Abstract
Coronavirus pandemic has affected millions of workers and companies around the world. Movement of people has been restricted nationwide or in limited areas. Social distancing measures have impacted labour markets in a great extent as numerous sectors and economic activities have been temporally closed or restricted. Developed and emergent economies have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and important contractions are expected by analysts and authorities. Lives of workers have been impacted in a number of ways, varying from job loss to shifting to remote work. This paper aims to explore potential transformations of the labour markets in and post-pandemic times and the role of digital skills. It is argued that the telework and ICT-based mobile work will support labour market resilience during and after the coronavirus outbreak. In this sense, digital skills will become more important and existing gaps can affect recovery.
Highlights
Public health measures taken in the context of COVID-19 pandemic have impacted labour markets as numerous sectors and economic activities have been temporally closed or restricted
There is an important increase in the take-up of telework and it is expected that future labour markets will be more open to flexible and remote work as ever before
Data show that labour market impact of the coronavirus pandemic is not distributed evenly across countries, sectors and categories of workers
Summary
Public health measures taken in the context of COVID-19 pandemic have impacted labour markets as numerous sectors and economic activities have been temporally closed or restricted. Coronavirus pandemic will bring far-reaching implications for the way people work around the world In this context, labour market resilience will depend on labour market policies, regulation of telework and skills supporting the recovery. Digital skills will become more important and existing gaps can affect recovery In this sense, the analysis of new and flexible models of work emerged in the context of COVID-19 pandemic is relevant for postmodern studies as they replace forms of employment traditionally associated with mass production. The analysis of new and flexible models of work emerged in the context of COVID-19 pandemic is relevant for postmodern studies as they replace forms of employment traditionally associated with mass production They are characteristic to the “late capitalism” or to a phase in which the time and space are contracted with the help of new technologies (Wood, 1997)
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