Thematic analysis and practical advice
In focus
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COVID-19 exposes food retailers as frontline workers
14 October 2020
Food retail and grocery store workers have become essential to the economy’s survival and to guaranteeing food security and safety for the population. These workers, working in a labour-intensive sector now considered essential, are in many cases low-skilled workers receiving low wages and inadequate social security benefits.
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COVID-19 and the world of work: A focus on indigenous and tribal peoples
03 June 2020
Drawing on new ILO data, this brief analyses the vulnerabilities of indigenous and tribal peoples in the COVID-19 context and identifies urgent and continuing actions to ensure their access to decent work and social protection, as part of the unfolding COVID-19 response and recovery.