This paper identifies and considers ten ways in which work after the pandemic must change “for good” in the wake of COVID-19.
The proposals for making jobs safer, healthier and fairer, include: infection control and safety; more space in work sites; sick pay for workers who must stay away from work; protections for people working from home; limits on multiple job-holding and other precarious work practices; an expansion of public sector jobs; reduced reliance on just-in-time supply chains; more comprehensive income support; better wages for low-wage essential workers; and stronger mechanisms of worker representation to ensure safe practices.
This research paper is published by the Centre for Future Work and co-published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives as part of the new PowerShare project, to investigate workers’ collective voice and agency in the future of work. PowerShare is a partnership between the Centre for Future Work, the Atkinson Foundation, and the CCPA.
