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== Public health emergencies ==
== Public health emergencies ==
"Essential services" may also refer to those services that are vital to the health and welfare of a population and therefore are essential to maintain even in a disaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paho.org/disasters/index.php?option=com_docman&view=download&category_slug=tools&alias=543-pandinflu-leadershipduring-tool-16&Itemid=1179&lang=en|title=DISASTER MANAGEMENT: MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES|last=Pan American Health Organization|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Mar 27, 2020}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], many jurisdictions ordered non-essential services to close for a period of several weeks in an effort to control the spread of the virus.<ref>(1) {{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-essential-services|title=COVID-19: Essential Services|website=Mass.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326152633/https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-essential-services|archive-date=March 26, 2020|url-status=live}}<br>(2) {{Cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/what-is-an-essential-service-in-ontario-1.4865865|title=What is an essential service in Ontario?|last=staff|first=Web|date=2020-03-24|website=CP24|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327225934/https://www.cp24.com/news/what-is-an-essential-service-in-ontario-1.4865865|archive-date=March 27, 2020|url-status=live}}<br>(3) {{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/covid-19-lockdown-what-constitutes-essential-services-and-how-govt-responds|title=COVID-19 Lockdown: What constitutes essential services, and how govt responds|last=AuthorIANS|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327225932/https://telanganatoday.com/covid-19-lockdown-what-constitutes-essential-services-and-how-govt-responds|archive-date=March 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]'s [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] issued a nation-wide [[Administrative guidance|guidance document]] that defined activities that the Agency had determined to be "essential" to the control of the pandemic and the management of its effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA_Guidance_on_the_Essential_Critical_Infrastructure_Workforce_Version_2.0_Updated.pdf|title=Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response|date=March 28, 2020|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Department of Homeland Security]]: [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]]: Office of the Director|accessdate=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402033910/https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA_Guidance_on_the_Essential_Critical_Infrastructure_Workforce_Version_2.0_Updated.pdf|archive-date=April 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
"Essential services" may also refer to those services that are vital to the health and welfare of a population and so are essential to maintain even in a disaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paho.org/disasters/index.php?option=com_docman&view=download&category_slug=tools&alias=543-pandinflu-leadershipduring-tool-16&Itemid=1179&lang=en|title=DISASTER MANAGEMENT: MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES|last=Pan American Health Organization|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=Mar 27, 2020}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], many jurisdictions ordered non-essential services to close for several weeks in an effort to control the spread of the virus.<ref>(1) {{Cite web|url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-essential-services|title=COVID-19: Essential Services|website=Mass.gov|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326152633/https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-essential-services|archive-date=March 26, 2020|url-status=live}}<br>(2) {{Cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/what-is-an-essential-service-in-ontario-1.4865865|title=What is an essential service in Ontario?|last=staff|first=Web|date=2020-03-24|website=CP24|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327225934/https://www.cp24.com/news/what-is-an-essential-service-in-ontario-1.4865865|archive-date=March 27, 2020|url-status=live}}<br>(3) {{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/covid-19-lockdown-what-constitutes-essential-services-and-how-govt-responds|title=COVID-19 Lockdown: What constitutes essential services, and how govt responds|last=AuthorIANS|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327225932/https://telanganatoday.com/covid-19-lockdown-what-constitutes-essential-services-and-how-govt-responds|archive-date=March 27, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]'s [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] issued a nation-wide [[administrative guidance|guidance document]] that defined activities that the Agency had determined to be "essential" to the control of the pandemic and the management of its effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA_Guidance_on_the_Essential_Critical_Infrastructure_Workforce_Version_2.0_Updated.pdf|title=Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response|date=March 28, 2020|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Department of Homeland Security]]: [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]]: Office of the Director|accessdate=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402033910/https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CISA_Guidance_on_the_Essential_Critical_Infrastructure_Workforce_Version_2.0_Updated.pdf|archive-date=April 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


Examples of industries where at least some workers were classified as "essential" during the pandemic included:
Examples of industries in which at least some workers were classified as "essential" during the pandemic included:


* Health Care/ Public Health / Human Services
* Health care, public health, and human services
* Law Enforcement, Public Safety, First Responders
* Law enforcement, public safety, and first responders
* Food and Agriculture
* Food and agriculture
* Energy
* Energy
* Water and Wastewater
* Water and wastewater
* Transportation and Logistics
* Transportation and logistics
* Public Works
* Public works
* Communications and Information Technology
* Communications and information technology
* Other Community-Based Essential Functions and Government Operations
* Other community-based essential functions and government operations
* Critical Manufacturing
* Critical manufacturing
* Supply Chains
* Supply chains
* Retail and Wholesaling
* Retail and wholesaling
* Food Services and Accommodations
* Food services and accommodations
* Institutional, Residential, Commercial and Industrial Maintenance
* Institutional, residential, commercial, and industrial maintenance
* Manufacturing and Production
* Manufacturing and production
* Construction
* Construction
* Financial activities
* Financial activities
* Resources
* Resources
* Environmental Services
* Environmental services
* Utilities and Community Services
* Utilities and community services
* Communications Industries
* Communications industries
* Research
* Research
* Justice Sector
* Justice
* Business Regulators and Inspectors
* Business regulators and inspectors


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 15:33, 26 December 2020

Essential services may refer to a class of occupations that have been legislated by a government to have special restrictions in regard to labour actions such as not being allowed to strike.

The International Labour Office, a United Nations agency, distinguishes an essential service from a minimum service.[1]

Industries defined as essential services differ based on the organization or government but generally include services such as hospitals and other healthcare, utilities such as electricity and water supply, law enforcement and firefighting, and food services.

Public health emergencies

"Essential services" may also refer to those services that are vital to the health and welfare of a population and so are essential to maintain even in a disaster.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, many jurisdictions ordered non-essential services to close for several weeks in an effort to control the spread of the virus.[3] The United States Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a nation-wide guidance document that defined activities that the Agency had determined to be "essential" to the control of the pandemic and the management of its effects.[4]

Examples of industries in which at least some workers were classified as "essential" during the pandemic included:

  • Health care, public health, and human services
  • Law enforcement, public safety, and first responders
  • Food and agriculture
  • Energy
  • Water and wastewater
  • Transportation and logistics
  • Public works
  • Communications and information technology
  • Other community-based essential functions and government operations
  • Critical manufacturing
  • Supply chains
  • Retail and wholesaling
  • Food services and accommodations
  • Institutional, residential, commercial, and industrial maintenance
  • Manufacturing and production
  • Construction
  • Financial activities
  • Resources
  • Environmental services
  • Utilities and community services
  • Communications industries
  • Research
  • Justice
  • Business regulators and inspectors

References

  1. ^ International Labour Organization Archived October 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Freedom of association - Digest of decisions and principles of the Freedom of Association Committee of the Governing Body of the ILO. Fifth (revised) edition, 2006.
  2. ^ Pan American Health Organization. "DISASTER MANAGEMENT: MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES". Retrieved March 27, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ (1) "COVID-19: Essential Services". Mass.gov. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
    (2) staff, Web (March 24, 2020). "What is an essential service in Ontario?". CP24. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
    (3) AuthorIANS. "COVID-19 Lockdown: What constitutes essential services, and how govt responds". Telangana Today. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  4. ^ "Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Homeland Security: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: Office of the Director. March 28, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
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