LEAVING NO
INFORMAL WORKER
BEHIND WHEN
RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19
Despite representing 60 per cent of the world’s workforce, informal workers are too often left totally unprotected.
As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic destroys the livelihoods of workers in the informal economy, governments cannot abandon them.
Universal social protection floors, in line with ILO Recommendation 202, is a pillar for the response to the crisis, foreseeing basic income and access to essential social services in the areas of health and food security among others.
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