COVID-19 and the world of work
Regional and country impact and policies
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Super Typhoon Rai (Odette): ILO response for decent work and a human-centred recovery
05 January 2022
Since Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) hit the Philippines, the ILO has been working with partners and communities to place decent work and sustainable livelihoods at the forefront of disaster-response for a human-centred recovery.
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Recovery and labour migration in the post-pandemic future
17 December 2021
Thematic background paper for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
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COVID-19 and employment in the tourism sector in the Asia–Pacific region
18 November 2021
A brief from the ILO highlights COVID-19 impacts on tourism employment in Asia and the Pacific that have left the sector reeling from job losses, deterioration in work quality and shifts towards increased informality.
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Supporting migrant workers during the pandemic for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community
18 August 2021
Thematic background paper for the 13th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
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COVID-19 and employment protection policies: A quantitative analysis of the Asia-Pacific region
06 July 2021
This brief assesses the implementation of employment protection policies in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 crisis in 37 economies across Asia and the Pacific, including a country case study of the Philippines. Through both descriptive and econometric analyses, it examines policy and employment dynamics and outlines a number of policy considerations for the crisis recovery period and beyond.
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Is public sector employment a haven in the COVID-19 jobs crisis?
14 June 2021
It looks as if job opportunities in the public sector have provided a respite from the shrinking private sector during the dark days of the COVID-19 crisis, at least for some women.
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Experiences of ASEAN migrant workers during COVID-19: Rights at work, migration and quarantine during the pandemic, and re-migration plans
03 June 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting labour migration throughout the ASEAN region and globally. In 2019 there were an estimated 10 million international migrants in ASEAN, of whom nearly 50 per cent were women. The ILO undertook a rapid assessment survey, interviewing ASEAN migrant workers from end-March to end-April 2020 about how COVID-19 has impacted them. This brief summarizes the responses of the 309 women and men migrant workers who participated in the survey.