Overview of measures by category

Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery

Measures in this category are aimed at promoting the recovery of economies, labour markets, as well as the social recovery – after the emergency phase. It includes measures aimed at stimulating consumption and investment, with particular focus on the extent to which these promote the transition to a green and digital economy. As for the labour market recovery it focuses on increased, changed or new initiatives of Active labour market policies (including job creation, training, public works, subsidised employment, etc.), as well as measures related to the flexibilisation and security of employment, including new regulations on remote and digital work.

Overall, Eurofound has identified 39 measures in 19 countries for this category.

Active labour market policies, incl. subsidised job creation

16 September 2020	Trygghetsfonden - Competences for work Sweden, Other initiatives or policies
09 September 2020	Tripartite educational programmes for the laid off and the unemployed Norway, Other initiatives or policies
04 September 2020	Apprenticeship incentivisation scheme Ireland, Other initiatives or policies
24 August 2020	Employment grant to promote access to employment Malta, Other initiatives or policies
11 August 2020	Malta Chamber Think Tank Malta, Non-binding recommendations or other texts
20 July 2020	Apprentice bonus for companies creating apprenticeships Austria, Legislations or other statutory regulations
16 July 2020	Measure: 'Employment for you': subsidised employment for hiring unemployed Bulgaria, Tripartite agreements
13 July 2020 Updated	Wage support for job creation Hungary, Legislations or other statutory regulations
10 July 2020	Support to companies for hiring on the basis of teleworking contracts in interior regions Portugal, Legislations or other statutory regulations
10 July 2020	Increased unemployment benefit rate granted during education Denmark, Legislations or other statutory regulations
09 July 2020	Right to combine unemployment benefit with training Norway, Legislations or other statutory regulations
08 July 2020	The Kickstart Initiative and incentivising apprenticeships United Kingdom, Other initiatives or policies

Flexibilisation and security

05 June 2020	Tripartite agreement to extend the special unemployment protection scheme associated to temporary collective redundancy or short-time work regulation Spain, Tripartite agreements
05 May 2020 Updated	Temporary extension of notice period in case of employee resignation in critical functions of society Finland, Legislations or other statutory regulations
16 April 2020	Prohibition of dismissal of employees Greece, Legislations or other statutory regulations
16 April 2020	Suspension of employment contracts Greece, Legislations or other statutory regulations
14 April 2020	Prohibition of objective dismissals Spain, Legislations or other statutory regulations
11 April 2020 Updated	Suspension of the trial period in businesses affected by the crisis Luxembourg, Legislations or other statutory regulations
06 April 2020	Exceptional suspension of termination of employment contracts in National Health Service Portugal, Legislations or other statutory regulations
06 April 2020	Reinforcement of resources and powers of the authority for working conditions (ACT) Portugal, Legislations or other statutory regulations
03 April 2020 Updated	Extension of the employee re-employment obligation to nine months Finland, Legislations or other statutory regulations
03 April 2020 Updated	Termination of employment during trial period for financial and production-related reasons Finland, Legislations or other statutory regulations
03 April 2020 Updated	Temporary layoffs of employees on a fixed-term contracts Finland, Legislations or other statutory regulations
03 April 2020 Updated	Temporarily shortened duration of employer-employee negotiations on temporary layoffs Finland, Legislations or other statutory regulations
03 April 2020 Updated	Shortened notice period for temporary layoffs Finland, Legislations or other statutory regulations
31 March 2020	Temporary suspension of individual and collective dismissals Italy, Legislations or other statutory regulations

Support for spending, stimulus packages

11 September 2020	Employers make recommendations for the economic upturn for Slovenia 5.0 Slovenia, Non-binding recommendations or other texts
16 July 2020	Tourism voucher Poland, Legislations or other statutory regulations
13 July 2020	COVID Spa: vouchers for spa treatments to support the tourism industry Czechia, Legislations or other statutory regulations
13 July 2020	Temporary tax reduction in the HORECA sector Belgium, Legislations or other statutory regulations
08 July 2020	Consumption cheques for employees introduced to promote spending Belgium, Legislations or other statutory regulations
07 July 2020	Vouchers for use in businesses affected by COVID-19 Malta, Other initiatives or policies

Other

18 September 2020	Social partners protest against government's attempt to breach their autonomy Poland, Other initiatives or policies
11 September 2020	Trade union OGBL's priority proposals for the recovery Luxembourg, Non-binding recommendations or other texts
09 September 2020	Social partners explore possible joint initiatives for COVID-19 crisis “Support for SMEs and workers” Greece, Other initiatives or policies
09 September 2020	Confederation of Industry: Recommendations for a restart Czechia, Non-binding recommendations or other texts
13 August 2020	Tripartite Declaration of Commitment to jointly promote the economic and social recovery Portugal, Tripartite agreements
11 August 2020	Information for members of employer associations Malta, Non-binding recommendations or other texts
06 July 2020	Tripartite agreement for economic reactivation and employment Spain, Tripartite agreements

COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch

Database of national-level responses

Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery

Active labour market policies, incl. subsidised job creation

Flexibilisation and security

Support for spending, stimulus packages

Other