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PRECARIOUS WORK IN PANDEMIC COVID-19 - WORK STATUS PERSPECTIVE
The COVID-19 crisis has caused drastic changes in the labor market in almost every country, increasing job insecurity at various levels, both in terms of employment and the type of contract with the employer, as well as working conditions. Under these conditions, the concept of precarious employment takes on a new meaning. The main aim of this study was to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the labor market in the Slovak republic with particular emphasis on changes in the work status in the face of the pandemic crisis. The Descriptive Statistic, Student’s t-test, and Chi-square Independence Test was used to evaluate data. The results of the realized analysis showed that the changes in the labor market were significant after April 2020. The stabilization of the rate of unemployment occurred in the summer of 2021. The Slovak Republic has introduced many strict measures to prevent the pandemic's spread, but it has caused a significant increase in unemployment with noticeable differences among Slovaks regions. The results of the questionnaire survey confirmed that in the early phase of the pandemic, job changes began to occur, and the number of home-office job offers increased.
Vydanie: 2022/1 Strany: 26-34 Klasifikácia JEL: J21, J41, J81
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52665/ser20220103
Kľúčové slová: labor market, Covid-19, employment, work status
Sekcia:
Kontakty:
Ing. Katarína Havierniková, PhD.
Faculty of Social and Eonomic Relations,
A. Dubček University of Trenčín
Študentská 3, 911 50 Trenčín,
Slovakia,
e-mail: katarina.haviernikova@tnuni.sk
Assoc. prof. Małgorzata Okręglicka
Faculty of Management,
Czestochowa University of Technology
Dąbrowskiego 69, 42-201 Częstochowa,
Poland,
e-mail: malgorzata.okreglicka@pcz.pl
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