Jobs is a virus claim debunked

Reporting guidance should reflect risks to a wide range of workers Faced with a novel lethal virus, employers have struggled to implement their legal duty to protect staff from harm in the workplace. There is no international case definition for attributing an occupational origin to covid-19 ...

We find that the higher the human contact at work, the greater are the odds of infection. Our results are larger in years of high aggregate flu incidence and robust to firm size, a number of jobs and hours worked.

Consumers, particularly those who are seeking employment, should be aware of a scam in which attackers impersonate employers to trick applicants into…

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For months, President Donald Trump or members of his administration have used federal data showing a large increase in employment for U.S.-born workers and a decrease in employment among foreign-born workers to claim that “all net job creation” in his second term has been for citizens.

Author Paul Elie reflects on the implications behind using "virus" as a metaphor, and the ways in which this trend has eased itself into the common vernacular. Elie underscores the dangers of this way of speaking, particularly in the consequential loss of urgency and vigilance that it produced.

David Joselit; Virus as Metaphor. October 2020; (172): 159–162.

Despite the important role of problem-solving in organizations, our understanding of the fundamental nature of problems is limited. To generate insights and discussion on this topic, we introduce the metaphor of a “virus-like” problem, which is a special kind of problem that often escapes the awareness of organizational leaders.