Worry and stress fuel record drop in U.S. life satisfaction. The % of adults who evaluate their lives well enough to be thriving has plummeted to 46.4%, nearly 10 points below last Spring. Gallup data news.gallup.com/poll/310250/wo…

The use of #PaidSickLeave follows trends in #COVID19 infections as seen in 🇸🇪 Sweden and in 🇮🇹 Italy. Read more➡️bit.ly/3dZTHqo

Virtually all OECD countries now provide paid sick leave that covers at least 50% of someone's wage who suffers from a 4-week COVID-19 sickness spell

Excellent brief by OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives on #paidsickleave! And the choice of the figure below has nothing to do with me being Swedish-Italian. read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=134_…

Job retention programmes, e.g. ‘Kurzarbeit’ in Germany or ‘Activité Partielle’ in France, have played a massive role to help protect workers’ livelihoods from #COVID19. See % of employees covered by such programmes. oe.cd/EmO2020 #JobRetention #EmploymentOutlook

_ Paid sick leave in the time of Covid • VoxEU voxeu.org/article/paid-s… #COVID19

Paid sick leave is crucial for protecting workers and societies during a pandemic by: 1. preserving incomes and jobs 2. containing viral spread See our new VoxEU blog on paid sick leave during COVID-19: voxeu.org/article/paid-s…

Paid sick leave will facilitate orderly end to lockdowns & sustain workers during subsequent waves of infection, but only if temporary extensions are kept in place & include workers currently denied coverage, say OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives economists #CovidEconomics bit.ly/2DhKo8l

All OECD countries now provide income support to quarantined employees: - An employee receives 70% of her wage during 2-week quarantine on average - Support generally comes from paid sick leave oe.cd/il/covid19brie…

This column by Stefan Thewissen and other OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives economists examines how different countries implemented paid sick leave during the #COVID19 crisis #CovidEconomics #EconTwitter bit.ly/2DhKo8l

Ready for this week's #socialprotection links selection? Check out the latest evidence and practices from around the world on... 👉targenting & universality 👉benefits & taxes 👉transfers & jobs 👉social assistance & humanitarian aid ... & much more! ugogentilini.net/?p=983

Struggling to keep track of new #COVID19 policy data & surveys? Introducing the Oxford #Supertracker: The Global Directory for COVID Policy Trackers and Surveys We collect and categorise new information resources. Background and key features:👇👇👇 1/.. supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk

Ioana Marinescu Brendan Duke @rothstein_jesse Zach Moller Rachel West Martha Gimbel Andrea Garnero A quite complete cross-country-comparative summary of labor-related policy responses to COVID-19 is provided in Chapter 1 of the 2020 OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives #EmploymentOutlook. Available at oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/1686c758…

1 in 10 #Koreans work 60 hours or more per week – twice the OECD average. This long-hour culture can negatively affect #productivity, health & the sustainability of work up to an old age. Read more: bit.ly/3koDuz9

Find out how #Korea has lowered the share of people working very long hours with recent working time reforms and how Korea can effectively continue tackling its long working hour culture: bit.ly/3koDuz9

Our OECD COVID-19 paid sick leave note features prominently in the Financial Times: OECD note: oe.cd/il/covid19brie… Financial Times column: ft.com/content/51aea2…

This is based on our figures comparing generosity of paid sick leave before and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. See the original note: oe.cd/il/covid19brie…

Looking forward to Stefan Thewissen's presentation on a reduction in working hours based on evidence from a reform in Korea next Thursday at INET Oxford (virtually). Registrations are still open: inet.ox.ac.uk/events/combati… (h/t Marii Paskov)

5. Paid sick leave policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis by OECD Social Stefan Thewissen has documented policies to support sick workers, extend support & assist employers affecting coverage, benefit level, duration, reporting during the first Covid wave. eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2…

Het woord 'dashboard' komt vaak terug in discussies rond brede welvaart. Het zou een mooi instrument zijn om beleidsmakers te helpen. Maar doet deze metafoor recht aan alle ambities, vragen CPB’ers Marcel Timmer en Stefan Thewissen zich af in hun blog: cpb.nl/column-naar-br…