Work, Precarity and COVID-19

The editorsDr. Christine Pichler is Professor of Sociology at the Disability and Diversity Studies (DDS) programme at the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences and head of the ISAC - Intergenerational Solidarity, Activity and Civil Society Department at IARA - Institute for Applied Research on Ageing.Carla Küffner holds the professorship for fields of action in Disability and Diversity Studies at the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences.

• Work, precarity and COVID-19.- Part 1 On the current situation: status quo on work and employment in times of COVID-19.- Old and new forms of precarity - upheavals in the world of work in the COVID-19 pandemic.- Consequences of unemployment for employable persons of the 50+ generation and special challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.- Structurally stressful factors for women in the Corona pandemic.- Part 2 Challenges and solutions for specific groups of people.- Part 2 On the labour market-related challenges and potentials of the COVID-19 pandemic for migrants in Austria. Labour market-related challenges and potentials of the COVID-19 pandemic for migrants in Austria.- Distributed work during the COVID-19 pandemic: stocktaking, discrimination potentials, recommendations for action.- Part 3 Ways to (re-)establish social justice and inclusion in the labour market.- Social changes due to COVID-19 - opportunities and risks for social justice and inclusion in the labour market.