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.
Overview of measures by target group – category: Workers
Eurofound has identified 45 measures for this target group. Most of these measures fall into the category Income protection beyond short-time work (33%).
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Ensuring business continuity and support for essential services |
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| 20 May 2020 Updated |
Creating incentives for unemployed to work in horticulture and other essential services and flexibilisation of successive fixed-term contracts
Belgium, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 06 April 2020 Updated |
Jobsharing made more flexible
Denmark, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Supporting businesses to stay afloat |
| 21 October 2020 |
Public aids for the production of feature films
Spain, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Employment protection and retention |
| 10 December 2020 |
Replacing the house quarantine period with overtime work
Replacing the house quarantine period with overtime work
Greece, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 09 November 2020 |
Agreement in the bank LCL on exceptional measures regarding paid leave and working time reduction in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
France, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 04 November 2020 |
Benefits for employees
Romania, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 16 September 2020 |
Agreed premium but no wage rise for rubber workers
Germany, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 15 September 2020 Updated |
Extension of temporary unemployment due to force majeure for specific sectors and companies in trouble
Belgium, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 20 April 2020 |
Extension of short-time work to new categories of workers
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 17 April 2020 Updated |
Collective agreement on short-time working in system catering
Germany, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 15 April 2020 |
Audiovisual sector: First collective agreement on short-time working
Germany, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 15 April 2020 |
First collective agreement on short-time working for municipal workers
Germany, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 14 April 2020 |
Interruption of the calculation of the maximum duration of temporary contracts
Spain, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 13 April 2020 Updated |
Easier access to short-time work
Germany, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 31 March 2020 Updated |
Coronavirus job retention scheme
United Kingdom, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Supporting businesses to get back to normal |
| 09 November 2020 |
Matmut agreement relating to the management of business recovery
France, Bipartite collective agreements |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace |
| 10 December 2020 |
Integrating outsourced workers at Tönnies
Germany, Company practices |
| 26 November 2020 |
Suez: Agreement on telework
France, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 26 November 2020 Updated |
Recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 25 September 2020 |
Principles and guidelines for the new agile work in the telecommunications supply chain
Italy, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 21 September 2020 |
Agreement on the protection of employees and social measures as part of the relaunch of activity at EDF SA
France, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 04 August 2020 |
Adapting Occupational Health Services to Health Emergencies
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 03 August 2020 Updated |
Adaptation of collective bargaining rules
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 03 August 2020 |
Postponement of the assessment of trade unions’ representativeness in SMEs and extension of mandates in labour-related bodies
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 03 August 2020 |
National deconfinement protocol for companies
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 21 May 2020 |
Stricter regulations for the meat industry
Germany, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Income protection beyond short-time work |
| 22 September 2020 |
Agreement on social support for the crisis linked to COVID-19 within the Safran group
France, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 02 September 2020 |
Temporary unemployment premium for employees in the metal sector
Belgium, Bipartite collective agreements |
| 27 July 2021 |
Allowance for collaborators in the sport sector
Italy, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 13 July 2020 Updated |
Sickness compensation for COVID-19 risk groups can be paid preventively
Sweden, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 03 July 2020 |
Increase of the tax-exempt amount of income for workers earning below the annual minimum wage
Lithuania, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 01 July 2020 |
Emergency support allowance for artists
Cyprus, Other initiatives or policies |
| 17 April 2020 Updated |
Temporary income assurance scheme for self-employed and freelancers
Norway, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 15 April 2020 |
Exceptional unemployment benefit for employees with temporary contracts
Spain, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 15 April 2020 |
Extension of the extraordinary subsidy for lack of activity to domestic workers
Spain, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 12 April 2020 Updated |
Work stoppage to care for a child under 16 years of age
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 12 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19: Assisting artists and freelancers
Bulgaria, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 10 April 2020 Updated |
Exceptional support measures for intermittent workers and employees in the cultural sector
France, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 09 April 2020 Updated |
COVID-19 indemnity for self-employed, economically dependent workers and employees
Italy, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 08 April 2020 Updated |
Allowance for self-employed and non-standard workers
Romania, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 07 April 2020 Updated |
Care allowance during emergency period for homeschooling 6 to 13 year-old children
Czechia, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Measures to prevent social hardship |
| 17 June 2021 |
Post-COVID Cultural Recovery in the
EU: Policy Recommendations
European Union, Non-binding recommendations or other texts |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery |
| 01 December 2020 |
Subsidies for hiring employees on fixed-term contracts
Romania, Legislations or other statutory regulations |
| 27 July 2021 |
Flexibilisation of temporary contracts
Italy, 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 |
Disclaimer: This information has not been subject to the full Eurofound evaluation, editorial and publication process. All information is preliminary and subject to change.