Romania – the lowest rate of employees switching to teleworking in the EU during the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has created great issues both for employees and for employers. Romania is the EU country with the smallest segment of people who switched to teleworking during the pandemic – under 20%. A specialized report, that presents data referring to the labor market in the EU during the pandemic shows that, on a European level, almost 4 out of 10 employees started to work from home. During the lockdown imposed because of the pandemic, the highest percentages have been registered in Finland – 60%, Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands – more than 50%.
President Klaus Iohannis criticizes the PSD action to initiate a motion of confidence
President Klaus Iohannis criticized the action of the Social Democrat Party to initiate a motion of confidence during the parliamentary holiday, in an extraordinary session. Moreover, the president says that the motion of confidence is not valid and that this party wouldn’t have a solution for Romania. Klaus Iohannis: It is not only cynical but also irresponsible. You cannot come in full pandemic and economic crisis, to overthrow the government just to show your electorate that you still exist. It doesn’t have solutions for Romania, PSD does not have solutions for the Romanians. PSD is probably looking for solutions for its barons who feel disconnected from the public resources and who probably suffer.
The social-democrats criticize the executive for the way it managed the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, for the public spending made by the government during the state of emergency and for the drop in the living standard on the population.
Protest of the HoReCa sector
For one hour, employers and employees in hotels, tourism agencies and restaurants protested yesterday against the interdiction on opening the interior of restaurants. Across the country, employees in HoReCa sector went outside of the buildings they work in and wore placards with messages, willing to draw attention to the situation of the 400.000 people working in this sector. President Klaus Iohannis said yesterday that he understood the situation in the domain but he mentioned that new relaxation measures concerning bars and restaurants will not be taken until an important drop in the number of coronavirus cases will be recorded.
Alexandra Ioniţă , RADOR
