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| Flexibility in schedule and work arrangements | Reduce or intercalate shifts between workers so that they have days off | Findings of our study |
| Individualise schedule taking into consideration the worker’s input | Findings of our study |
| Implement organizational training that teaches employers how to provide more job flexibility (in terms of allowing employees to make their own hours and of providing the option of working from home) would substantially benefit employees who have caregiving responsibilities by reducing stress and psychological distress | [30] |
| Availability of flexible work arrangements was associated with higher job satisfaction and less work-family conflict | [64] |
| Protection | The government should provide basic materials and supplies, security, work subsidies, and tests for essential workers and their families | [65] Findings of our study |
| Working culture | At work: separate private and working life spaces | Findings of our study |
| Sick and parental leave | Require employers to provide both sick leave and parental leave for at least as long as schools and daycares are inoperational | [52] |
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| Salary and aid | Improve salarial conditions of essential workers | Findings of our study |
| Aid single parents | Findings of our study |
| Provide subsidized emergency childcare | [52] |
| Provide financial stimuli directly to families | [52] |
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| Mental health | Clinical psychological intervention for all essential workers and psychiatric intervention if needed | [15, 65] Findings of our study |
| Self-counseling and participation in society | [65] |
| Prevention and mitigation are far more important than cure | [66] |
| Support for staff in isolation/quarantine | [15] |
| Family dynamic | Couples should have more conversations to negotiate how they share the reproductive work | Findings of our study |
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| Recognition and visibility | Recognise the additional effort the essential worker has had to make | Findings of our study |
| Recognise social work | Findings of our study |
| Policy | Include essential workers in the decision-making of policies | Findings of our study |
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