Social Protection Measures By Governments During Covid-19 Pandemic According To Ilo Standarts

Abstract

The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which started in Wuhan, China in December 2019, rapidly spread around the world. It was identified as a global pandemic by World Health Organization. Millions of people have been infected and thousands of them have been killed by coronavirus. The world of work has surely been hit by this crisis; millions of people lost their jobs. Governments should act as quickly as possible to take social protection measures during the pandemic. In this article, social protection measures those can be taken by governments during COVID-19 pandemic, were investigated according to International Labor Organization (ILO) standards. The first target should immediately be taking measures to prevent spreading of the virus. It is concluded that, according to ILO standards government obligations can be categorized in four groups for COVID-19 crisis response:

Keywords

• social protection - covered 19 - international labor organization