Social Security Policy and Employment Issues of Electronic Workers in Industrial Parks Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, countries' responses, and the disruptions of supply chain have all had a significant impact on worker employment and income. Enterprises are required to reduce employee hours in order to maintain productivity, yet many are forced to close their busineses. Because of the low starting compensation, industrial park workers rely heavily on overtime. Because of their low starting compensation, industrial park workers rely heavily on overtime. Workers lose a relatively large amount of revenue due to the decrease in working hours and the loss of overtime pay, and they must attempt to maintain their lives throughout the epidemic season. Those who are the primary breadwinner in the household, have small children, or are caring for someone in need quickly fall into debt if they do not have any savings. Policies on this subject have not been thoroughly addressed, especially for workers in the electronics industries. As a result, this paper focuses on social security policies and the challenges that electronic workers face in industrial parks. The study uses secondary data from well-known local and worldwide organizations as well as some in-depth interview data of electronics workers who received support during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020-2022. From that, the study aims to provide instructions on how to deal with similar pandemics to COVID-19 in the future.