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255 million full-time jobs lost in 2020

..As ILO forecasts uncertain, uneven recovery

8th February 2021
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) said 8.8 per cent of global working hours were lost for the whole of last year (relative to the fourth quarter of 2019), equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs. According to the ILO, this is approximately four times greater than the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis.
The latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 by the ILO records massive damage to working time and income, with prospects for a recovery in 2021 slow, uneven and uncertain, unless early improvements are supported by human-centred recovery policies. The ILO, however, noted that tentative signs of recovery were emerging in global labour markets, following unprecedented disruption in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new annual estimates in the seventh edition of the ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work, confirm the massive impact that labour markets suffered in 2020.
The ILO said the lost working hours were accounted for either by reduced working hours for those in employment or “unprecedented” levels of employment loss, hitting 114 million people.
“Significantly, 71 per cent of the employment losses (81 million people) came in the form of inactivity, rather than unemployment, meaning that people left the labour market because they were unable to work, perhaps because of pandemic restrictions, or simply ceased to look for work. Looking at unemployment alone drastically understates the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market,” the report said.
The international labour body said the massive losses resulted in an 8.3 per cent decline in global labour income (before support measures were included), equivalent to $3.7 trillion or 4.4 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP).

Impact by groups and sectors
The study reflected that women have been more affected than men by the pandemic’s labour market disruptions. Globally, employment losses for women stood at 5 per cent, versus 3.9 per cent for men. In particular, women were much more likely than men to drop out of the labour market and become inactive.
Younger workers were also particularly hard hit, either losing jobs, dropping out of the labour force or delaying entry into it. The employment loss among youth (15-24 years old) stood at 8.7 per cent, compared to 3.7 per cent for adults. This “highlights the all too real risk of a lost generation,” the Monitor says.
The report equally showed the uneven impact on different economic, geographic, and labour market sectors. It highlighted concerns of a “K-shaped recovery,” whereby those sectors and workers hit hardest could be left behind in the recovery, leading to increasing inequality, unless corrective measures were taken.
The worst affected sector was accommodation and food services, where employment declined by more than 20 per cent, on average, followed by retail and manufacturing.
In contrast, employment in information and communication, and finance and insurance increased in the second and third quarters of 2020. Marginal increases were also seen in mining, quarrying and utilities.

Looking ahead
The ILO stated that while there was still a high degree of uncertainty, the latest projections for 2021 showed that most countries would experience relatively strong recovery in the second half of the year, as vaccination programmes take effect.
The Monitor put forward three scenarios for recovery: baseline, pessimistic and optimistic. The baseline scenario (which draws on International Monetary Fund forecasts from October 2020), projects a 3 per cent loss of working hours globally in 2021 (compared to Q4 2019), equivalent to 90 million full-time jobs.
“The signs of recovery we see are encouraging, but they are fragile and highly uncertain, and we must remember that no country or group can recover alone,” said Guy Ryder, ILO director-general.
The pessimistic scenario, which assumes slow progress in vaccination, would see working hours drop by 4.6 per cent, while the optimistic scenario forecasts a 1.3 per cent decline. This would depend on the pandemic being under control and an upsurge of consumer and business confidence.
In all scenarios, ILO said the Americas, Europe and Central Asia would experience around twice the working hour losses of other regions.
The Monitor, however, included a series of policy recommendations for recovery:
Macroeconomic policies to remain accommodative in 2021 and beyond, including fiscal stimulus, where possible, and measures to support incomes and promote investment.
Targeted measures to reach women, young people, low-skilled and low-paid workers, and other hard-hit groups.
International support for low and middle-income countries, which have fewer financial resources to roll out vaccines and promote economic and employment recovery.
Focusing support on the hardest-hit sectors while creating jobs in fast-growing ones.
Social dialogue to implement the recovery strategies necessary to create more inclusive, fair, sustainable economies.
“The signs of recovery we see are encouraging, but they are fragile and highly uncertain, and we must remember that no country or group can recover alone,” said Ryder.

“We are at a fork in the road. One path leads to an uneven, unsustainable, recovery with growing inequality and instability, and the prospect of more crises. The other focuses on a human-centred recovery for building back better, prioritizing employment, income and social protection, workers’ rights and social dialogue. If we want a lasting, sustainable and inclusive recovery, this is the path policy-makers must commit to,” he added.

Cyril

Cyril

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