The Coronavirus has been rapidly
spreading around the globe. The disease has had a significant human
impact with loss of life, travel limitations, mass quarantines, and
financial loss. Accordingly, it has also drastically impacted global
labor markets, says global relocation expect NY based attorney Jon Purizhansky.
The coronavirus has been in confirmed in
at least 47 countries around the world. While disease was first
encountered in China – its impact is now in every continent. In Europe,
Italy has the most recorded cases at 528, of which results in 14 deaths.
Global efforts being led by the numerous countries and the World Health
Organization are trying to contain the disease to limit exposure and
prevent more loss of life.
Japan has seen a steady rise in cases as
well, largely as a result of its proximity to China. Japan recently
took the extreme step to close all schools in effort to stop the disease
from spreading. President Trump has publicly spoken about the disease
and has encouraged citizens to be precautious such that the disease is
not spread in the US.
In the Middle East, Iran has confirmed
at least 245 cases of which 26 included loss of life. The Iranian
government cancelled Friday prayers as an effort to limit spreading of
the disease.
The many travel restrictions and
increased regulations around travel have drastically impacted the global
labor markets. Workers are finding it hard to travel cross-border, says
Jon Purizhansky.
They past travels have to be clearly documented to ensure they have not
been in high exposure countries, and this takes time and often results
in workers being sent back to their country of origin, continued Jon.
With the disease having such a global
impact, and the spread seemingly increasing – there does not appear to
be a resolution in the near term.For this reason, workers and employers
are encouraged to work with their governments to understand the
requirements needed to validate travelers information such that delays
and stops are limited.
Many border patrol or military troops
that are often assigned with assisting travelers have been quarantines.
In South Korea, more than 9500 troops are under quarantine. In
addition, many government resources are being reallocated and diverted
to combat the disease which is contributing to longer delays for labor
related travel.
Jon Purizhansky: It
is documented that a factory worker from China infected some co-workers
in Germany, resulting in 400 other workers being quarantines. For this
reason, employers should be vigilant about testing workers from infected
countries to ensure their entire workforce is not susceptible to the
disease.
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