Delovnopravni odgovor(i) izbranih evropskih držav na posledice epidemije covid-19

slovenian

2020

volume 46, issue 6/7

best practises   labour law   measures   policy responses   short-time work   telework

Lexpera d. o. o.
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The Covid-19 epidemic is a major challenge currently facing labour law in European countries. The responses of European countries vary to a certain extent, but generally pursue the same objectives. From March to the end of July 2020, Eurofound`s EU PolicyWatch COVID-19 database recorded 543 actions taken by EU member states to mitigate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus epidemic. In addition to providing essential services, the measures taken are aimed at ensuring safe working conditions, preserving jobs, and providing income protection. In order to keep essential services functioning, European countries have taken various measures to temporarily increase the number of workers or to further burden existing workers. However, this does not solve the long-term lack of workers in some sectors. Particular attention must also be paid to the impact of measures on the physical and mental health of workers. One of the most important labour law responses for ensuring the health and safety of workers has been the introduction and expansion of the use of teleworking. However, the adopted policy measures leave a number of legal questions unanswered. In order to preserve jobs, the countries have designed (or improved existing) short-time work schemes and temporarily took over the burden of social security contributions. Various measures were aimed at providing income for workers working short-time (or not at all), workers who were unable to work due to virus infection, self-isolation or quarantine, and workers who were unable to work due to childcare. To a limited extent, the issue of income insecurity of some other economically active groups was also addressed.

23.03.2021