In the face of the “Great Resignation”, the phenomenon of millions of people who are abandoning their jobs since the pandemic, working in another country could become the norm, said the chief economist of the American company specialized in employment ADP.
“Post-pandemic migration is not going to be like before, from a mobility point of view,” Nela Richardson told AFP in an interview during the Davos Forum.
“The technology that has allowed us to work remotely could help the mobility of the international labor market,” he said.
According to her, “in five or ten years, telecommuting will not only consist of working from home, but also, for example, of working for an Indian multinational from Brazil,” adds the economist.
These trends will be accelerated by the decline in the workforce in developed countries year after year, especially in the United States and Europe, where the population is aging and labor immigration will be necessary.
The pandemic has caused huge waves of resignations, especially in the United States, where millions of people have left their jobs or taken early retirement.
However, virtual immigration, of people working from abroad through digital technologies, raises a number of labor law and regulatory issues, Richardson said, as companies have to adapt their labor laws to where they employ people. your workforce.
