Return to work in Europe and Latin America, but Increase of risky situations on the job reported from the UK, Brazil and Chile.
In terms of safety measures applied on the job, the situation in European countries seems to have stabilized. Throughout the period in which the corona survey is up (from March 23 till today) roughly 1 in 5 European respondents report insufficient or no safety measures taken by their employer. This proportion has not changed significantly over the past three months. The only exception is the UK. Here the proportion of respondents reporting insufficient or no measures at all, jumped from 19% to 33%, or from 1 in 5 (the European average) to 1 in 3. At the same time more and more people in Europe went out of home confinement: 24% say they stay at home still today, down from 42% in the beginning of the pandemic.
By contrast, safety measures on the job in Latin American countries show a partial worsening, while the overall ‘stay-home’ pattern is very similar to Europe: from 45% at the beginning of the corona outbreak down to a current 21%. This figure means that overall many more people in Latin America (as in Europe) go out to work again. Yet in some Latin American countries, by returning to their workplaces more people are exposed to infection risk. This is particularly the case in Brazil and Chile. In these two countries the proportion of respondents reporting no or insufficient measures taken by their employer more or less doubled. Whereas from Bolivia and Paraguay fewer risky situations on the job are reported, which means that in these two countries in the meantime more employers have taken adequate safety measures.
This picture emerges from the Working and Living in Corona-times Survey, online since March 23, in which 24,400 respondents from 70 countries participated during the first 3 months, till July 8.
Quote of the day, bank employee, woman, 44, Spain
Translation : "On March 18, I started to show symptoms compatible with covid. They followed up on 061 and the app stop covid. They put me in quarantine, and the people who had contact with me 14 days before. They did not do pcr. After 1 month of discharge I did I have a private laboratory for serological tests, which have given negatives (1.8 of minimum 12), so I have the risk of taking it again. By protocol at work, I am teleworking. The workload is greater for complying with the RD. We have had to adapt to teleworking, to quickly train ourselves in new protocols that change us continuously. In 18 years of professional career I have never been on anxiety medication, and now for 2 weeks I have had to take them. I am type 1 diabetic, and soon I will have I have to physically join my office. I am afraid of taking the covid again due to the sensation of suffocation and shortness of breath, among other symptoms. Bank offices do not have sufficient means of security d. In March, the data in my entity was about 1000 infected, 3 dead and almost half of closed offices, many per quarantine. In April the data was no longer released.
Bank employees do not have the public recognition we deserve for our important and essential work, helping people with approved bills and many have not yet paid in June. "
Original : El 18 marzo empecé a presentar sintomas compatibles con covid. Hicieron seguimiento por 061 y app stop covid. Me pusieron en cuarentena, y a las personas que tuvieron contacto conmigo 14 dias antes. No hicieron pcr. Después de 1 mes del alta medica me hice yo por laboratorii privado puebas serologicas, que han dado negativas (1,8 de minimo 12) por lo que tengo riesgo de volver a cogerlo. Por protocolo en el trabajo, estoy teletrabajando. La carga de trabajo es mayor por dar cumplimiento al RD. Hemos tenido que adaptarnos al teletrabajo, a formarnos rapidamente en nuevos protocolos que nos cambian continuamente. En 18 años de carrera profesional nunca he estado con medicación por ansiedad, y ahora durante 2 semanas las he tenido que tomar. Soy diabetica tipo1, y pronto tendré que incorporarme fisicamente en mi oficina. Tengo miedo a volver a coger el covid por la sensación de ahogo y falta de aire entre otros sintomas. Las oficinas bancarias no tienen los suficientes medios de seguridad. En marzo el dato en mi entidad eran cerca de 1000 contagiados, 3 muertos y casi la mitad de oficinas cerradas, muchas por cuarentena. En abril ya no hicieron público el dato.
Los empleados de banca no tenemos el reconocimento público que nos merecemos por nuestro trabajo tan importante y esencial, ayudando a la gente con ertes aprobados y que en junio muchos aun no se han abonado.
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