לא כולם שווים בפני הווירוס: השפעת דפוסי העסקת שכירים ויחסי עבודה קיבוציים על תעסוקה בימי קורונה

Drawing on the first waves of a panel survey conducted in two month intervals starting from two weeks into the first lockdown in Israel, the study seeks to assess the impact of labor market status on securing the employment of workers since the time the pandemic erupted and thereafter. Labor market status is identified along two different classifications. First, we look at the type of employment relationship the worker has with her employer. Second, we look at the worker’s proximity to collective industrial relations – whether by means of membership in a trade union or a coverage of collective agreements. The findings reveal disadvantage of non-standard forms of employment and the advantage of unionized workers at the outset of the crisis and its incendiary effect during the crisis. The findings further indicate that stronger measures of employability at these times are accompanied by more flexibility in wages and working-time.