Covid-19 Employment Status Impacts on Food Sector Workers

Cho, Seung Jin; Lee, Jun-Yeong; Winters, John V.

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“…Consequently, the majority of migrant, informal, seasonal agricultural employees lost their jobs, which has contributed to an increase in agricultural unemployment (Poudel et al, 2020). These challenges are compounded by the fact that agricultural production requires many people to work together in close proximity at the same time, which makes physical distancing difficult and the risk of infection particularly problematic (Ridley & Devadoss, 2020;Cho et al, 2020). Bochtis et al (2020) proved that about "50% of the agricultural workforce is at moderate to high risk of contracting a disease at their workplace" (p. 1).…”

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Covid-19 pandemic and the economic results of agriculture in the European Union

Stanišić¹,

Milutinović²,

Pantić³

et al. 2022

Ekonomika poljoprivrede

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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought numerous economic challenges to countries around the world. The specificities of certain economy sectors determined the character and intensity of the impact of this health crisis on their results. The purpose of the paper is to analyse the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the economic results of agriculture in the European Union countries. Comparative analysis and cluster analysis are used in the research. The general conclusion of the paper is that the Covid-19 pandemic did not change the economic importance and role of agriculture in the individual European Union countries. In addition, the European Union countries differ significantly according to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the contribution of agriculture to gross domestic product, while a significant difference between the countries has not been determined according to the impact of the pandemic on the contribution of agriculture to employment.

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Covid-19 pandemic and the economic results of agriculture in the European Union

Stanišić¹,

Milutinović²,

Pantić³

et al. 2022

Ekonomika poljoprivrede

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“…On the other side, employees in restaurants, if not unemployed, will witness shortening of working hours (Coates et al , 2020), as an repercussion of fall in clientele rate because households spending on restaurant products declined immensely (Baker et al , 2020). Another study reveals that workers employed in this industry themselves resigned from their jobs as a safety measure against the widespread of COVID-19 (Cho et al , 2020).…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on food outlets: symmetric or asymmetric? A case study of Amritsar

Dhillon

Kaur

2021

JHTI

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PurposeThe present study is an intra-industry analysis, which aims to investigate whether the impact of COVID-19 on employment level, clientele rate, liquidity constraints and sustainability aspect of different food outlets is symmetric or asymmetric in nature.Design/methodology/approachWith the help of well-structured questionnaire, the study has surveyed 80 food outlets in total by interviewing the managers and owners of these outlets. Food outlets have been classified into four categories namely international, national, local and street food outlets. Econometric techniques like MANOVA and Garret ranking have been employed to fulfil the objective of the study.FindingsThe results depict that the impact of COVID-19 on employment level and liquidity constraints is significantly asymmetric amongst different groups of food outlets, even though the decline in extent of clientele is somewhat same for all groups. The survival aspect of outlets also witnesses clear-cut asymmetry in results as big outlets have greater potential to survive for longer if lockdown happens again when compared to street food outlets as their financial availability and stability differ.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size of study is restricted, mainly due to lesser number of national franchise's food outlets available in Amritsar, though other categories of eateries were sufficient in number. Further, the study is restricted only to one district of Punjab state, whereas for future research, inter-district comparison can be done.Practical implicationsThe findings reveal that the street food outlets may gain by fostering its online functioning. Similarly national food outlets are encouraged to alter their business strategies to revive their sales against their competitors.Originality/valueThis study is one of the explorer studies to analyse the impact of COVID-19 by making an intra-industry comparison for the eatery industry – considering four different categories of eateries. The classification of eateries helps in analysing whether the employment level, clientele rate, liquidity constraints and survival perspective have been affected symmetrically for the whole eateries industry or does severity of being affected differ asymmetrically. The study makes a contribution by adding a new string of dimension to the existing load of literature in the domain of hospitality.

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“…El estudio de Fana, Torrejón Pérez y Fernández-Macías (2020) muestra que la pandemia ha tenido un impacto asimétrico en el empleo, según los diferentes países que se analice, y concluye que aquellas regiones más golpeadas son las que tenían mayor especialización productiva e instituciones de mercado laboral un poco más débiles, como España e Italia. Otra parte del debate ha hecho hincapié en los desafíos enfrentados por los trabajadores a lo largo de la crisis sanitaria (Cho, Lee y Winters, 2020) y ha reflexionado sobre los impactos que las nuevas formas de trabajo originadas por la pandemia podrían tener en el empleo (Hodder, 2020;Hodder y Martínez-Lucio, 2021).…”

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Influencia del covid-19 en las estrategias de revitalización en dos sindicatos chilenos Un estudio de caso longitudinal

2023

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La reciente pandemia de COVID-19 ha afectado las relaciones laborales en todo el mundo. Las organizaciones sindicales han debido adaptarse a los cambios, desarrollando nuevas estrategias de revitalización o perfeccionando las que ya tenían. En este artículo se analiza el cambio en tales estrategias en dos sindicatos chilenos del rubro de los alimentos, antes y durante la pandemia, utilizando una metodología cualitativa de comparación de casos de estudio. Los resultados sugieren que la pandemia tuvo un efecto organizador, donde los sindicatos debieron extender su alcance más allá del lugar de trabajo a través de plataformas digitales para seguir representando a los trabajadores y continuar avanzando hacia la renovación de sus repertorios de acción. Por consiguiente, se originó la noción de un sindicato bien coordinado entre los miembros, lo que, a su vez, impulsó la afiliación a la organización sindical.

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Covid-19 Employment Status Impacts on Food Sector Workers

Cited by 11 publications

References 20 publications

Covid-19 pandemic and the economic results of agriculture in the European Union

Covid-19 pandemic and the economic results of agriculture in the European Union

Impact of COVID-19 on food outlets: symmetric or asymmetric? A case study of Amritsar

Influencia del covid-19 en las estrategias de revitalización en dos sindicatos chilenos Un estudio de caso longitudinal

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