The International Labor Organization (ILO) has announced that workers whose job has been suspended, reduced, or terminated due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis must obtain unemployment benefits.
ILO has replaced International Labor Conventions No. 168 on Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment in 1988, and No. 158 on Termination of Employment in 1982, whereby employment cannot be terminated unless there is a valid reason, in which temporary absence from work due to illness or family responsibilities does not constitute a legitimate cause.
The same convention also stipulates that the employer who intends to terminate employment for economic reasons must provide concerned workers, in accordance with the national laws, with an opportunity for consultancy regarding measures that could be taken, to avoid or reduce layoffs to a minimum level.
ILO also said that workers who were infected with the new COVID-19 are entitled to a paid leave and added that, according to International Labor Convention No. 102 on Social Security (minimum standards) of 1952, workers who are infected with Coronavirus are entitled to obtain satisfactory benefits from their respective workplaces, in order to compensate them for the material losses they suffered, them and their families.
ILO also pointed out that, according to the International Labor Convention on the Recommendation of Workers with Family Responsibilities of 1981 No. 165, the needs of workers, including family responsibilities, should be taken into consideration while arranging working schedules.
ILO considered as well that the several mental disorders caused by the new COVID-19 pandemic, if the worker’s job prevails as the cause of such disorder, it could be considered as a professional disease.
work of work, are entitled to monetary benefits, as well as burial ceremony benefits.
ILO stressed that as well that, in accordance with the International Labor Convention on Occupational Safety and Health of 1981, No. 155, individuals suffering from COVID-19 should receive appropriate health care and preventive and curative services.
The worker also has the right to withdraw from a workplace that is reasonably believed to constitute an imminent and serious threat to that person’s life or health.
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