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COVID-19: Policy responses across Europe

24 Jun 2020

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of individuals and societies, including on the economy and labour markets, is unprecedented. The impact of the global health emergency has placed a growing number of businesses under threat, putting the jobs of more and more workers at risk and impacting the livelihoods of many citizens. Policymakers moved swiftly in an effort to mitigate the social and economic effects on businesses, workers and citizens. Eurofound’s COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch database provides information on initiatives introduced to cushion these effects. Drawing on the content of this database of around 500 policy initiatives (April 2020), this report aims to present an overview of both large-scale government measures and collective agreements that impact on large groups of workers, setting this in the context of the evolving labour market situation.
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Authors

Weber, Tina, Hurley, John, Bisello, Martina, Aumayr-Pintar, Christine, Cabrita, Jorge, Demetriades, Stavroula, Patrini, Valentina, Riso, Sara, Vargas Llave, Oscar

Catalogue no
TJ-02-20-441-EN-N
Cite this publication
Eurofound (2020), COVID-19: Policy responses across Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2806/927109
ISBN
978-92-897-2091-5
Number of pages
62
Permalink
eurofound.link/ef20064
Published in
Ireland
Reference no
EF20064

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