Gestor bibliográfico Crisis y Salud

It is often said that migrants –like other ethnic minority workers-- are the last hired and first fired. This is certainly the case today as a consequence of the global economic and financial crisis. The global crisis has led to a serious slowdown in world economic activity. Nowhere has this been more evident to many people than in their jobs and their earnings. Enterprises no longer hire new staff; there are major lay-offs, often starting with dismissal of temporary workers. Some companies are resorting to short-time arrangements, such as reduced hours and pay for personnel remaining on the payroll or putting workers on part-time employment or unpaid leave. According to the 2009 Global Employment Trends report (GET) recently issued by the ILO, a dramatic increase is taking place in the number of people sent into the ranks of the unemployed, becoming working poor or being put in vulnerable employment. Depending on the effectiveness of recovery efforts, the GET report estimates an increase in global unemployment in 2009 compared to 2007 by a range of 18 million to 30 million workers, and more than 50 million if the situation continues to deteriorate.