Eurofound's COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the crisis, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch currently contains 1499 measures introduced by governments and social partners to cushion the social and economic effects on businesses, workers and citizens.
Use the side navigation to find measures by country, type of measure, category, or target group.
Due to the revision process, some cases might temporarily be unavailable.
The database indicates for each measure to which target groups it applies, broadly differentiating between workers, businesses and citizens.
The database contains 42 specific target groups, including for example:
Regulations on biological risks of employees exposed to COVID-19
The scope of application of the regulations on the prevention of biological risks is set out in Article R. 4421-1 of the Labour Code. These regulations apply to companies whose activities expose worke...
France | 25 April 2022
Healthcare professionals can transfer their holidays to the next year
There is a growing shortage of healthcare professionals, and the pressure is growing with the latest development in the corona infection with the Omikron variant. To reduce the pressure in the healthc...
Denmark | 19 April 2022
COVID-19 winter package for hospitals
The government and the supporting parties have set aside money in a new sub-agreement to get the hospital area through some difficult months with COVID-19. The employees in the hospital system are exp...
Denmark | 19 April 2022
Eurofound identified 957 legislations and other statutory regulations, 587 of which have been created entirely new in the context of COVID-19. This section gives an overview of social partner's involvement in designing and implementing these measures.
COVID-19 self-testing by pupils and students in primary and secondary schools
As many pupils and students in primary and secondary schools suffered from the COVID-19 pandemics, according to the decision by the Civil Protection Headquarters and the Instruction by the Ministry of...
Croatia | 11 February 2022
Support for the tourism sector in the pandemic
The necessary funds for the implementation of the Council of Ministers decree will be provided at the expense of the reserve for unforeseen and/or urgent expenses for 2021 under the state budget in th...
Bulgaria | 13 January 2022
Emergency fund for local broadcasters
The Law Decree no. 34, issued on 19 May 2020, established an emergency fund for local broadcasters to finance an extraordinary contribution in favour of local radio and television broadcasters which u...
Italy | 12 January 2022
The COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch database contains 125 collective agreements. Most of them were identified in France and the most commonly found provisions relate to employment retention, health and safety, and income protection.
26 agreements additionally contain other provisions not mentioned above.
Overview of bonuses in 2021 collective agreements
On average, collectively agreed wages have been rising by 1.7 percentage points in 2021 compared to 2020. With inflation rates around 3.1% this implies a loss in real wages. In many sectors and compan...
Germany | 12 January 2022
Tripartite agreement and Act allowing companies to require corona passports and self-testing
Due to a large rise in infection, the government and social partners wanted to give employers the possibility to ask employees for corona passports in order to help reduce the risk of large-spread inf...
Denmark | 10 January 2022
Special agreement covers overtime and pay for municipal workers
Increased demands imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are being addressed by municipal trade unions and employers through a new agreement setting out temporary rules on overtime. The agreement applies fr...
Norway | 06 January 2022
The COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch database contains 78 social partner initiatives. Most of them were identified in Germany and belong to the category Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace.
The lockdown of society caused by COVID-19 has left many academics unemployed. Especially the young academics have had more difficulty than usual finding their way into the job market. To help the you...
Denmark | 12 October 2021
Plan for Economic Recovery and Social Protection
The document is the result of the work carried out by the Commission for the preparation of the Plan for Economic Reactivation and Social Protection as a result of the COVID-19 crisis (CORECO), and sh...
Spain | 16 August 2021
Plan for the Economic and Social Reactivation of the Canary Islands
The central objective of this comprehensive project is to maintain and strengthen basic services, such as health, education, social rights and housing, so that no one is left behind by the crisis, esp...
Spain | 16 August 2021
The COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch database contains 149 company practices. Most of them were identified in Bulgaria and the most commonly found provisions relate to health and safety, work organisation, and telework.
42 company practices additionally contain other provisions not mentioned above.
Pension payment arrangements introduced by Bulgarian Posts
In the face of the fifth COVID-19 wave the Bulgarian Post office introduced new arrangements to pension payments. The newly introduced time schedule complement the already adopted safety measures at t...
Bulgaria | 12 January 2022
Preventing the spread of the COVID-19 in hotel Augusta
Hotel Augusta is one of the major hotels located in the town Hisarya. The hotel is available not only to tourists but also to business meetings as it offers conference rooms on rent. Pursuant to order...
Bulgaria | 12 January 2022
Limiting the risk of COVID-19 in Sofia University
Sofia University is one of the major national universities in Bulgaria. Data shows that during the student recruitment campaign in 2021 almost 10,000 people submitted application documents to the univ...
Bulgaria | 12 January 2022
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