https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh en-us 2021-09-21 00:18:33 UTC 2021-09-22 06:03:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759132414 "... informal employees lack any kind of employment protection and are consequently much more likely to lose their jobs as the demand for labour adjusts downwards in response to a negative economic shock like that accompanying the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic"

"Evidence from the labour force survey in Viet Nam suggests that in 2020 employment fell most severely in agriculture, which lost 721,000 jobs, 99 per cent of which were informal (ILO 2020b). “Overall, informal workers accounted for 61 per cent of employment losses in the second quarter in Viet Nam…."]]> 2021-09-22 05:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759132414 https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759134757 "With the current pandemic, informal workers also tend to work in sectors and jobs which are more susceptible to lockdown measures themselves. This has meant that they have borne the brunt of the COVID-related economic downturn ..."]]> 2021-09-22 05:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759134757 https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759139107 "They are also less likely to qualify for government programmes to help people and businesses through the crisis..."

"They lack access to a lot of the support they need to cope with the coronavirus downturn."]]> 2021-09-22 06:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759139107 https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759141544 "In poorer countries [Where informal economy is more prevalent], they may not even be able to keep themselves safe with basic hygiene."]]> 2021-09-22 06:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pnorton4211/c75ffun1jil1lslh/wish/1759141544