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Anxiety rates due to job insecurity similar among men, women

"Public health consequences of job insecurity need to be seriously considered, given that recent changes due to Covid-19 crisis, are likely to result in a higher prevalence of workers, both males and females, feeling threatened by involuntary job loss," said study researchers from the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy.

Consequences of increased workload

Traditionally, the research on restructuring focused on those workers who are laid off and studies showed detrimental effects on their health wellbeing. Those keeping their jobs were seen as “survivors”.