Addressing COVID-19–Related Challenges Facing Individuals Engaged in Precarious Employment (2023) / Chapter Skim
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. For example, data from the six waves of the Contingent Worker Supplement to the Current Population Survey show that independent contractors earn slightly more than wage and salary workers with similar demographic characteristics.
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. This rapid expert consultation 9 provides actionable guidance for state and local decision makers seeking to address COVID-19–related challenges facing individuals engaged in precarious employment.
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. In response to COVID-19 emergency declarations, some localities, including Seattleb and Long Beach, California,c mandated hourly hazard pay for grocery workers; Seattled passed an ordinance providing premium pay for food delivery gig workers.e In response to the expiration of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
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Such policies to address these needs could include reworking eligibility requirements for unemployment funds, improving paid sick leave protections, and expanding worker protections against wage theft. • Update and enforce occupational health and safety regulations: Individuals engaged in precarious employment experience exposure to COVID-19 and other health risks.
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The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, for example, has enforced paid sick leave laws in multiple industries, with noteworthy cases involving fast food, home care, and airline industry workers. 14 Such programs need to be accompanied by efforts to increase awareness of them among affected workers.
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An example is the Healthy Work Collaborative, run by the University of Illinois Chicago's Center for Healthy Work. This collaborative has promoted partnership between the public health and labor sectors aimed at building the capacity to implement initiatives addressing precarious employment, with a focus on policy, systems, and environmental change (e.g., workforce development plans; community health improvement; education on precarious employment and ways to address it, such as paid sick leave)
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. Support health and well-being Research has shown that individuals engaged versus those not engaged in highly precarious employment report more unhealthy days (0.4 days more within a 30-day period)
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CONCLUSION The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected individuals engaged in precarious employment. State and local governments have an opportunity to mitigate the damage to these workers caused by the pandemic.
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