The COVID-19 outbreak has triggered an unprecedented shock on employment globally.
In Singapore, 8,663 business entities closed in April. More than 19,900 jobs were lost in the first quarter of 2020, exceeding the number lost in the 2008-9 global financial crisis.
- How should the state respond, beyond providing immediate relief to the most hard-hit and vulnerable workers?
- Are there innovations that can pool the employment risk of vulnerable workers and ensure their job and income security?
- How can freelance workers and other employees in precarious employment come together to protect themselves from loss of income?
- How can governments rethink employment and social protection programmes to manage employment risks of citizens throughout their working lifetimes?
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