Tuesday, August 10, 2021
The economic disruptions of the pandemic showed the shortcomings in Canada’s out-of-date social safety net. Issues like the inability of the Employment Insurance (EI) program to process a large number of claims in a short period of time, self-employed or...
Friday, July 16, 2021
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Social protection systems play an important role in mitigating the negative social consequences of the Covid-...
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Possibly even more than a public health crisis, Covid-19 is an economic crisis manifested most severely in the labour market. In the face of the pandemic, the structure of the labour market typifies the extreme vulnerability of workers in India. With...
Thursday, April 1, 2021
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Everyone participates in the social contract every day, and we rarely stop to think about it. Yet social...
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
Economists have long debated whether extensions to unemployment insurance benefit durations help or hinder the labour market. Using US administrative microdata, this column shows that the generosity of unemployment insurance benefits has a positive...
Monday, December 21, 2020
Sunday evening, leadership in the U.S. House and Senate came to an agreement over the details of a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, to be attached to a broader $1.4 trillion omnibus which will fund the federal government for the 2021 fiscal year....
Friday, November 27, 2020
Labour rights groups doubt government, employers are committed to implementing the scheme and demand informal workers and self-employed be included
Thursday, April 30, 2020
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population will provide social security benefits for workers of the registered factories and workshops which are temporarily closed for inspection amid the Covid-19 outbreak, state-run media quoted the ministry's...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
A Caixa Econômica Federal disponibilizou nesta terça-feira (7) o site e o aplicativo por meio do qual informais, autônomos, desempregados e MEIs podem solicitar o auxílio emergencial de R$ 600.
O aplicativo deve ser usado pelos trabalhadores que...
Friday, March 20, 2020
Finland has announced a support package worth some 15 billion euros to try and support businesses and individuals as the economy enters a downturn.