Arbejdsfravær er rekordhøjt
(WorldNews Belgium)

110/2020 - 8 July 2020 EU labour market in the first quarter 2020 Absences from work at record high Sharp drop in hours worked The first quarter 2020 is the first quarter in which the labour market across the European Union (EU) has been affected by COVID-19 measures taken by Member States. Employment and unemployment as defined by the ILO concept are, in this particular situation, not sufficient to describe all the developments taking place in the labour market. In this first phase of the crisis, active measures to contain employment losses led to absences from work rather than dismissals, and individuals could not search for work or were not available due to the containment measures, thus...