Telework in the EU before and after the COVID-19: where we were, where we head to Headlines

Telework in the EU before and after the COVID-19: where we were, where we head to In its recent communication on the 2020 country-specific Headlines recommendations the Commission highlights the important role of telework in preserving jobs and production in the • The outbreak of the pandemic has revealed large context of the Covid-19 crisis. [...] Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic working from In fact, as of 2019, only 5.4% of employed in the EU-27 home has become the norm for millions of workers in the EU usually worked from home – a share that remained rather and worldwide. [...] In employed in the EU had ever teleworked, large numbers of 2019, almost 36% of the self-employed was sometimes or workers and employers alike are, in all probability, facing usually working from home in the EU-27, up from 30% in challenges in dealing with the sudden shift to telework. [...] Countries in Northern Where was telework more widespread before Europe showed the largest growth in the prevalence of the pandemic, and why? telework over the past decade, albeit sizable increases also took place in other Member States, notably in Portugal, There were large differences in the prevalence of Estonia, and Slovenia. [...] How could telework patterns develop after the Related and future JRC work COVID-19 crisis? Some challenges ahead As part of a comprehensive effort to assess the economic With the outbreak of the pandemic, telework has reached a and social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and related tipping point as more and more companies and institutions containment measures, the JRC has launched a series of have.