Some workers — but only some — saw pay boosts at the same time as others were thrust into financial crisis. A worker at Target TGT was deemed essential because that store presciently added groceries to their product mix. And that’s an issue that’s at the center of social insurance policy every bit as much as the question of frontline workers during a pandemic. The government can try to remedy some of this unfairness through programs such as Social Security, unemployment compensation, Medicare and Medicaid, or what goes by the general label of “social insurance” among policy experts in the U.S. and more broadly outside the U.S. where social insurance programs are more extensive. It isn’t fair that, even among workers who work with equal determination and diligence, some are better off financially than others.

Source: Forbes June 07, 2020 19:30 UTC