COVID-19 and the labour market: What are the working conditions in critical jobs?

IF 1.6 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR Journal for Labour Market Research Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1186/s12651-022-00315-6
Matthias Dütsch
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The COVID-19 pandemic has focused public attention on occupational groups that ensure the maintenance of critical infrastructure, provision of medical care and supply of essential goods. This paper examines the working conditions in critical jobs based on representative data from the German BAuA Working Time Survey 2019. Our analyses reveal that essential workers are more likely to perform unskilled or semiskilled activities and work in cleaning, transport and logistics, health care occupations as well as IT and natural science services. Regarding the working conditions, essential workers are paid comparatively less and are more physically proximate to others at work than nonessential workers. They more often work atypical hours, such as day and night shifts and on weekends, and have less autonomy in their working time. Additionally, critical jobs are characterised by muscular and skeletal strain due to working positions and carrying heavy loads significantly more often. Thus, our findings strongly suggest that work-related risks accumulate in critical jobs.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12651-022-00315-6.

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2019冠状病毒病与劳动力市场:关键岗位的工作条件如何?
2019冠状病毒病大流行使公众的注意力集中在确保关键基础设施维护、医疗服务提供和必需品供应的职业群体上。本文基于2019年德国BAuA工作时间调查的代表性数据,对关键岗位的工作条件进行了研究。我们的分析显示,关键工人更有可能从事非熟练或半熟练的活动,并在清洁、运输和物流、医疗保健以及IT和自然科学服务领域工作。在工作条件方面,必要工人的工资相对较低,在工作时与他人的身体距离更近。他们更多的是在非典型的时间里工作,比如白班、夜班和周末,而且在工作时间上的自主权更小。此外,关键工作的特点是由于工作位置和更频繁地携带重物而导致肌肉和骨骼紧张。因此,我们的研究结果强烈表明,与工作相关的风险在关键工作岗位上积累。补充信息:在线版本包含补充资料,下载地址:10.1186/s12651-022-00315-6。
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Journal for Labour Market Research
Journal for Labour Market Research INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-
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期刊介绍: The Journal for Labour Market Research is a journal in the interdisciplinary field of labour market research. As of 2016 the Journal publishes Open Access. The journal follows international research standards and strives for international visibility. With its empirical and multidisciplinary orientation, the journal publishes papers in English language concerning the labour market, employment, education / training and careers. Papers dealing with country-specific labour market aspects are suitable if they adopt an innovative approach and address a topic of interest to a wider international audience. The journal is distinct from most others in the field, as it provides a platform for contributions from a broad range of academic disciplines. The editors encourage replication studies, as well as studies based on international comparisons. Accordingly, authors are expected to make their empirical data available to readers who might wish to replicate a published work on request. Submitted papers, who have passed a prescreening process by the editors, are generally reviewed by two peer reviewers, who remain anonymous for the author. In addition to the regular issues, special issues covering selected topics are published at least once a year. As of April 2015 the Journal for Labour Market Research has a "No Revisions" option for submissions (see ‘Instructions for Authors’).
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