On the Counteraction of the Public Sector in the Conditions of COVID-19 Europe and Worldwide in the Fields of Income Protection and Social Security

On the Counteraction of the Public Sector in the Conditions of COVID-19 - Europe and Worldwide in the Fields of Income Protection and Social Security The global COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the priorities of health and social policy, economics and public administration in Europe and the rest of the world. It can be argued that this crisis has not only caused and continues to cause many deaths but has forced us to reassess the concept of the welfare state under the new conditions. On the other hand, rising inflation and unemployment, ageing population, technological revolution and digitalisation, and new strains of the virus continue to pose significant challenges. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have been more severe for socially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups (younger and older adults, women, immigrants, freelancers, etc.) and generally people that are less protected by job retention, income support, subsidized wages and other welfare schemes. Various countries around the world have implemented eloquent pandemic management programs, projects and other packages of measures and improved the legal framework. In Europe the counteraction to pandemic was significant, trying to keep income protection and social security at decent and adequate level, when the measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis were divided into the following categories: measures for companies, measures for employees and measures for citizens.