Hopes and Challenges of Filipino Displaced Workers at This Covid-19 Pandemic Period

Workers who suffer job displacement experience surprisingly large and persistent earnings losses. This paper proposes an explanation for this robust empirical puzzle in a model of search with a significant job ladder and increased separation rates for the recently hired. In addition to capturing the depth and persistence of displaced worker earnings losses, the model matches: employment-to-nonemployment and employer-to-employer probabilities by tenure; the empirical decomposition of earnings losses into reduced wages and employment; observed wage dispersion; and the distribution of wage changes around a nonemployment event. (JEL J31, J63, J64)

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Canadian White-Collar Workers' Views of Their Experience with Downsizing or Job Loss

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1997.80.3.707 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 80 (3) ◽

pp. 707-719 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Sheldon Goldenberg ◽

Theresa Kline

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Job Loss ◽

White Collar ◽

Displaced Workers ◽

White Collar Workers ◽

Present Context ◽

Direct Use

Despite continuing bouts of downsizing in North America, there is relatively little literature on Canadian white-collar workers' experience of this kind of job loss. In the present context “downsizing” refers to nonperformance-based job loss, that is, job loss through restructuring, strategic planning, or other organizational initiatives wherein individuals lose their jobs through no fault of their own. From fall of 1992 and through the winter of 1993, we conducted interviews with 144 mostly white collar displaced workers in and around Calgary, Alberta. Their perceptions of many aspects of the downsizing experience are described. The advice our participants gave to others may be of direct use. Several issues that clearly need research are also noted.

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A Food-Service Training Program for Displaced Workers

Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly ◽

10.1177/001088048402500225 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 75-77

Author(s):

Therese O'Connor

Keyword(s):

Training Program ◽

Food Service ◽

Displaced Workers ◽

Service Training ◽

Food Service Training

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Plant Closings and Advance-Notice Laws: Putting the Pieces Together

Economic Development Quarterly ◽

10.1177/089124249500900408 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 356-371 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John Portz

Keyword(s):

Federal Government ◽

Policy Design ◽

Displaced Workers ◽

Plant Closings ◽

Limited Impact ◽

Mass Layoffs ◽

Advance Notice ◽

Primary Means

In 1988, the federal government passed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Previous to this action, several states approved their own laws requiring advance notice of plant closings and mass layoffs. Implementation and enforcement of advance-notice laws have been weak and limited, due primarily to a policy design that includes numerous criteria for legal exclusion, as well as reliance on adjudication as the primary means of such implementation and enforcement. Advance-notice laws have had limited impact in averting plant closings and mass layoffs, but appear more successful in assisting displaced workers find new employment. For employers, advance notice entails some costs, although they do not appear excessive; less is known about costs in the larger economy.

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Post-pandemic transformation of the labor market

Economic Analysis Theory and Practice ◽

10.24891/ea.20.4.684 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 684-696

Author(s):

Dinara R. ORLOVA ◽

Yuliya S. OTMAKHOVA ◽

Irina A. PUZYREVA

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Displaced Workers ◽

Remote Work ◽

Scientific Methods ◽

Process Implementation ◽

Basic Competencies ◽

Market Transformation ◽

General Scientific ◽

Ambiguous Effect ◽

The Impact

Subject. One of the most important effects of the pandemic on the economy is the labor market transformation. It is projected that there will be a structural transformation of the map of in-demand professions and competencies. The labor market will adapt to the requirements of maximum digitalization of the labor functions process implementation. Objectives. The aim is to study the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market. Our tasks are to investigate the impact of the pandemic on various sectors of the economy, identify new professions in the new environment, find out the skills demanded by employers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. The study employs dialectical and systems approaches, general scientific methods of logical and comparative analysis to achieve the intended objective and solve the problem of determining the post-pandemic changes in the labor market. Results. We identified short-term and long-term market transformations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. They result in changes in basic competencies and systemic restructuring of the structural and professional component of workforce. Conclusions. The pandemic has a complex and ambiguous effect on the labor market. Companies are committed to accelerating the digitalization of work flows, education, expanding the remote work, and automating tasks within the organization. The impact of the pandemic should be addressed by supporting the displaced workers and monitoring the new opportunities in the labor market.

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