Geography amid COVID-19 — inequality, decent work, and curriculum

Decent Work: A Psychological Perspective

This contribution, which serves as the lead article for the Research Topic entitled "From Meaning of Working to Meaningful Lives: The Challenges of Expanding Decent Work," explores current challenges in the development and operationalization of decent work. Based on an initiative from the International Labor Organization [ILO] (1999) decent work represents an aspirational statement about the qu...

Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work

Th is paper reviews evidence from both industrialized and developing countries on the relationship between labour market fl exibility and employment. It is argued that the notion of fl exibility and its impact is often oversimplifi ed. Th e evidence, such as it is, does not provide much support for the view that greater fl exibility results in higher employment. Th ere is more evidence for an i...

Decent Work: Introducing the Obstacles Ahead

Our main aim was to identify and prioritize the obstacles to the implementation of decent work in the industry. The current research was applied in terms of purpose. It was also descriptive survey in terms of collecting data. Due to the large extent of industry sector actors, only one side of the main actors' triangle in the industrial sector in Yazd province was selected as the statistical sam...

Social protection , decent work and development

Return to Work in COVID-19: Review of Current Guidelines

Background and aims: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mainly a respiratory disease which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. The outbreak first began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and then expanded globally. COVID-19 can result in illness ranging from mild to severe. However, some of the affected individuals might be asymptomatic. Symptoms of the disease may appear in as few as 2 days...