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Données   March 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound shock on economies and labour markets around the world, and the impact of this crisis on women is stark. Women make up nearly 70% of the health workers on the frontlines against COVID-19, exposing them to a greater risk of infection. They also continue to do to up to ten times the amount of unpaid care work in households that men do, and face higher risks of economic insecurity. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, women were l...

AUGUSTA — Senator Chip Curry, D-Belfast, introduced Wednesday a bill to help self-employed workers and independent contractors in Maine by creating an unemployment system to help them during an economic downturn. LD 425, “Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor To Establish a State Unemployment Program for Self-employed Workers and Independent Contractors,” was the subject of a public hearing before the Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlight...

In today’s news from the Capitals: WARSAW | BRATISLAVA. Polish President Andrzej Duda held a phone call on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the possibility of cooperating on vaccines. However, the call prompted a reaction from Poland’s former prime minister Donald Tusk, the current chief of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), who called on Poles and Europeans not to be “naive” about the intentions of Moscow and Beijing. “I warn against such a naive app...

Some 300,000 more jobs are expected to be lost in Spain in 2021, mainly affecting small businesses, in a new blow to the already battered economy, warned the Spanish Association of the Self-Employed Workers (Asociación de Trabajadores Autónomos, ATA). EURACTIV’s partner EuroEFE reports. Since the start of the pandemic in March-April 2020, the sector has lost more than €70 billion, due to the impact of restrictions put in place to contain the spread of the virus, according to the latest ba...

Millions of self-employed workers are due to be offered grants of up to £7,500 in next week's Budget, but the Chancellor is considering dropping the scheme from May. The Telegraph understands that people who meet the criteria can claim 80 per cent of average monthly profits up to a maximum of £2,500 a month. The terms for the fourth round of grants, run through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), are yet to be announced but have been pencilled in by the Treasury. Th...

The impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Spain’s labour market is devastating as over 218,000 people lost their job in January, according to new figures. The services, tourism, and the hotel, restaurant, and catering (HORECA) sectors are among the most affected, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports. According to fresh data released on Tuesday by Spain’s ministry of inclusion, social security and migration, the labour market lost 218,953 workers last January (compared with 335,014 in the same period...

Most federal unemployment benefits will continue uninterrupted December 30 2020 But a new benefit will be delayed for some who earn both regular and gig income. Most Oregonians receiving federal unemployment benefits should continue to get them uninterrupted despite the late signing of legislation that renews them through March 13. Acting Director David Gerstenfeld said the Oregon Employment Department foresees no interruption in payments. He also said the extra $300 per week Congre...

For Sonora’s tianguistas, other informal workers, COVID-19 brings unique challenges By Murphy Woodhouse/Fronteras Dec. 29, 2020 Benito Encinas, who has a shop at the Hector Espino Tianguis, does what he can to keep his merchandise clean. Most flea market vendors haven’t been able to cross to Arizona to buy second-hand merchandise for months. (Photo by Murphy Woodhouse/KJZZ) There were almost no shoppers at the Hector Espino Tianguis – a market in Hermosillo in So...