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socialprotection.org presents: Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses Panellist: Sebastian Königs, Labour Economist / Social Policy Analyst, OECD Mohammed Noor Khrais, Social Security Cooperation of Jordan Raden Muhamad Purnagunawan, Head of Economy Working Group, Secretariat of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Indonesia Johannes Schweighofer, Austrian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Moderator: Luca Pellerano, Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO
Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses Presenter Sebastian Königs OECD Sebastian Königs is an Economist at the OECD, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and a Research Affiliate at IZA, Bonn. He previously worked as a part-time researcher at Statistics Norway and as a consultant for the OECD and the World Bank. He holds a DPhil (PhD) in Economics from the University of Oxford. His main research interests are in income and wealth inequalities and income support policies.
Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses Presenter Mohammed Noor Khrais Social Security Cooperation of Jordan Mohammed Noor Khrais is the Head of Research and Studies Department at Social Security Corporation, Jordan. He holds an MSc in Corporate Finance from the University of Salford, UK, and has many years of experience in research, policy advisory, monitoring & evaluation and project management. Khrais worked for more than 15 years at the Jordanian Social Security Corporation (JSSC), from 1999 to 2016, before rejoining the institution in 2019. He also works as a senior consultant for the ILO. Over the years, he represented JSSC in committees responsible for the formulation, implementation, and review of national policies and strategies, such as the National Agenda 2006 – 2015, National Employment Strategy 2012-2020, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Gender Equality & Mainstreaming, and Jordan vision 2025, and National Social Protection Strategy. He has previously worked for UNDP as a Deputy Team Leader for Social Cohesion and Community Support.
Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses Presenter Raden Muhamad Purnagunawan National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Indonesia Dr. Raden Muhamad Purnagunawan is the Head of Economy Working Group in the Secretariat of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), a policy think tank under the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. He is also associate professor in the Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University at West Java, Indonesia. He has been a researcher at Center for Economics and Development Studies (CEDS), Padjadjaran University since 1999. He earned his Ph.D in economics from Australian National University, Australia in 2011. His research interests are mainly in the areas of employment, industrial organization, poverty, financial inclusion, and MSMEs development and policy.
Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses Presenter Johannes Schweighofer Austrian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Johannes Schweighofer, a senior official in the Austrian Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth, is working in the field of international labour market policies, mainly with the EU, OECD and ILO and in the area of labour market research, e.g. profiling in labour market policies, substitution effects of immigration, programme evaluations.
Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses Moderator Luca Pellerano ILO Luca Pellerano is a development economist with comprehensive experience in social protection policy design, programme implementation and evaluation. Prior to joining the ILO Luca was a Senior Consultant and leader of the Poverty and Social Protection team at Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and a Research Economist at the Centre for Evaluation of Development Policies (EDePo) at the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London. He provided technical assistance to the design, implementation and evaluation of social protection/social security strategies and programmes in Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi and Lesotho.
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SOCIAL PROTECTION COMPONENTS AND INSTRUMENTS Social Insurance - Labour market Social Assistance - Non-Contributory Contributory polices/interventions Some examples already in-act for COVID 19: ‘ e.g. Safety measures, exceptional financing, surge ‘Resilience’ capacity, change in legislation…etc. • Paid sick leave • Unemployment benefits Adequacy • Employment-retention • e.g. Higher amounts, early payments/waived waiting, Wage subsidies • longer period Pensions ‘Adaptation’ Coverage + e.g. Easier access, relaxed eligibility, extending to non- • Waivers/ subsidies / deferral of social security contributions, standard workers rents, loans, financial obligations • Tax deferral/relief • Comprehensiveness Low/no interest Credit • e.g. Layering other measures or instituting measures Childcare support for workers and other one-off measures • where missing Etc.
Intersection of 4 key areas for social protection of 12 workers in the context of COVID crisis Business Continuity Support Crisis response requires coherent Social protection to workers is available in a comprehensive 1 whole-government approach and timely manner Labour Protection It is of paramount importance that Businesses fabric and measures in 4 critical areas are well 2 productive capacity preserved coordinated, consistent and mutually Contributory reinforcing Social Protection Cost-effectiveness in use of 3 public resources Non Contributory Social Protection Advancing social justice, promoting decent work
Key concerns for integrated response for labour protection, 13 income support, social protection and business continuity Support should be provided to businesses so that they retain workers . This provides essential Preserve and protect the employment relief to workers and businesses, while allowing both to retain skills and organizational relationship, where possible. 1 knowledge needed to quickly resume economic activity after the crisis . Factors such a firm’s size and its access to liquidity, the sector in which it is engaged and Not all workers and business are degree to which economic activity has been halted, as well as the different levels of labour and affected equally. social protections for workers in different types of employment arrangements all play a role in 2 determining their vulnerability to the crisis. No one size fits all. A plurality of approaches and support mechanisms to tailor support to the unique needs of Universality in income protection workers and businesses affected differently by the crisis. By best combining business continuity requires multiple instruments. 3 support, labor protection, and multiple mechanisms for income support. Government support to business facing challenges in complying with labour law obligations (e.g. Labour protection must be sick leave/pay; end-of-service indemnities) without removing legal protection as that could maintained, not eroded. 4 having lasting adverse long-term effects. Provide rapid relief without sacrificing Key to remove administrative and bureaucratic barriers to facilitate access to essential support. But also include incentives and accountability mechanisms to minimize the accountability. 5 potential abuse of critical response with limited public resources. On-going prior and post consultation of worker and employers (at national, sector and firm level) Social Dialogue. 6 for proper targeting, acceptability and sustainability of the package of measures Advancing social justice, promoting decent work NB Manually place “ilo.org” device in front of image
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