Resources on Public services sector

  1. Is public sector employment a haven in the COVID-19 jobs crisis?

    14 June 2021

    It looks as if job opportunities in the public sector have provided a respite from the shrinking private sector during the dark days of the COVID-19 crisis, at least for some women.

  2. © WaterAid 2024
    Hand hygiene at the workplace: an essential occupational safety and health prevention and control measure against COVID-19

    08 September 2020

  3. © Andrew Cashin - MTA NY 2024
    COVID-19 and the Public Service

    17 June 2020

  4. © Yakov Fedorov 2024
    COVID-19 and public emergency services

    11 May 2020

    This policy brief addresses issues relating to public sector workers who perform frontline duties in confronting the COVID-19 crisis in the name of the State, often described in statutes as essential services. The brief discusses their role in dealing with the crisis, the measures that governments have taken to support their work and the ILO principles and tools, including international labour standards, that protect them.