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ABSTRACT

This study was to assess the job insecurity in the phase of Covid-19 pandemic: implications on Imo State workers’ emoluments Ex-Post Facto research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Imo state. The population of the study comprised all workers in Imo state. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 150 workers which constituted the sample size for the study. The Main Instrument used in this study was a questionnaire titled “COVID 19 Pandemic, Job Insecurity and Workers Emoluments Questionnaire (CPJIWEQ)”. Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out to ensure that the instrument had the accuracy, appropriateness, completeness and the language of the study under consideration. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.84 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics and simple regression. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. From the results obtained it was observed that there is high extent of job insecurity in Imo State. The results also proved a significant influence of COVID 19 pandemic on job insecurity in Imo State. Finally, the results proved that a significant effect of COVID 19 pandemic on workers’ emoluments in Imo State. One of the recommendations was that government should also be concerned about insecure work and worker’s emoluments as they have a negative impact on macroeconomic development and growth in Imo State.

KEYWORDS: Job Insecurity, Covid-19 Pandemic, Workers Emoluments and Imo State