Labor and employment

For weeks, Spain and Italy were epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their health defences had an important gap, which had a major impact on the way the disease hit the countries.

Over the past few years, the popularity of precarious employment in Europe has been growing, including everything from temporary jobs, to atypical jobs, to independent jobs, and even “on call” work.

According to the latest Eurostat figures the unemployment rate has hit its lowest rate since December 2008 for the second month in a row in June.