The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an unparalleled threat to the social and economic fabric of countries worldwide. Alarming statistics providing insights into the extent of the damage are routinely being released, including about the number of people infected and of COVID-19 related fatalities. 1 Many States have had to take extraordinary measures to protect the health and well-being of the population, often at great cost to local and national economies. Workplace closure measures have been ubiquitous. Businesses have been facing loss of revenue and bankruptcy at an unprecedented scale, resulting in millions of jobs being lost or employees being furloughed. It is estimated that in the second quarter of 2020 alone, the loss in working hours globally was equivalent to 400 million full-time jobs.