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Covid and jobs: How the pandemic has changed the way we work

By France24
21 December 2021   |   5:52 pm
Around the world, people have had to change how they work because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of those changes look set to become permanent. What could all this mean for European employers, employees and work-life balance? We take a closer look with two MEPs.

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