#COVID-19 EMERGENCY | Impact on EFFAT sectors and best practices from the affiliates

Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized

EFFAT initiatives

Press releases

EFFAT Reaction on COVID-19 outbreak | Link
#COVID -19 | A social emergency for millions of precarious workers in Europe | Link

EFFAT Letters to the European Commission

COVID-19 Outbreak, workers in agriculture and food production deserve better protection [24 March 2020, Link]
EFFAT Letter to EU institutions: Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic – time to prepare for a more sustainable and socially responsible tourism [5 May 2020, Link ]

EFFAT Demands and Publications related to COVID-19

EFFAT Orientation paper relaunching and rethinking tourism 2020 [ 3 July 2020, Link ]

Social Dialogue: Joint statements with Employers

Joint EFFAT – FDE | Food and drink trade unions and industry call for worker support [ 25 march 2020| Link]
Sugar Beet Initiative – COVID-19 and the EU Beet Sugar Sector [ 20 March 2020 | Link ]
Social partners of the European Horeca sector recommend companies and employees to act responsibly, and call upon public authorities for support measures during and after the COVID-19 outbreak [11 March 2020 | Link ]
EFFAT – EFFE – EFSI – UNI-Europa Joint Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Personal & Household Services (PHS) [ 01 April 2020 | Link ]
Joint FoodDrinkEurope-EFFAT Guidelines to protect the health and safety of workers in food business during COVID-19 outbreak [ 09 April 2020 | EN | ES | FR | DE | HR | NL ]
Joint EFFAT – Hotrec Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 contaiment measures [ 27 April 2020 | Link ]
Joint EFFAT – FDE – HOTREC – FSE statement : Urgent support needed for hospitality-tourism sector in COVID-19 crisis [ 12 May 2020 | Link]
Joint EFFAT – GEOPA COPA declaration on the deployment of seasonal workers from EU countries in the EU [ 15 May 2020 | Link]
Joint EFFAT – FDE – Geopa statement : Only healthy workers can feed Europe [ 5 December 2020 | Link ]

Other Joint Initiatives

European Tourism Manifesto: European Tourism Sector demand measures to mitigate COVID-19 impact
[17 March 2020 | Link ]
Joint Statement Farm Workers – Without rights for agri-food workers, Europe’s food supplies rest on shaky ground.
[16 April 2020 | Link ]
ETUC Briefing Note – National measures targeting seasonal workers to address labour shortages (particularly in the Agriculture sector) [ 12 June 2020 | Link ]

Recommendations to TNC – EWC Coordinators

EFFAT Recommendations [ 20 March 2020 | EN | FR | DE | ]
EFFAT – ETUF Joint Recommendations – Anticipating and managing the impact of COVID-19 in multinational companies [ March 2020 | EN | FR | DE | ES | IT | NL | SV | PL | CZ ]
EFFAT – ETUF Joint Recommendations – How to deal with EWC/SE negotiations during the COVID-19 crisis [ Avril 2020 | EN | FR | DE | ES | IT | NL | SV | CZ ]
EFFAT – ETUF Joint Recommendations – Temporary arrangements for transnational meetings during the COVID-19 crisis [ October 2020 | CZ | DE | EN | ES | FR | IT | NL | SV ]

ETUC

Please access a list compiled by the ETUC outlining Tripartite and bipartite social partners agreements and other governmental measures adopted to deal with the challenges related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

IUF

IUF | Coronavirus: lessons from a pandemic | Link
IUF | Information and updates from affiliates | Link
IUF | Recognition of COVID-19 as an occupational disease | Link
IUF | Sectoral Demands – Agriculture – Food and Beverages – Hotels – Equality – Fast Food
IUF Asia / Pacific | Basic Principles of protection against COVID-19 | Link
IUF Asia / Pacific | Our right to a safe workplace – COVID-19 Occupational disease | Link

National initiatives relevant for the EFFAT Sectors

Here below you can find a list of country fact sheets outlining relevant information concerning the impact of COVID-19 in the EFFAT Sectors. You will also find measures adopted at national and sectoral level concerning workers in our sectors.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT | EN | FR | DE | ES | NL | IT |

AUSTRIA
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BELGIUM
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Food Industry Sector Guide EN | FR | ES | NL

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
Please click here

BULGARIA
Please click here

CROATIA
Please click here

DENMARK
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FINLAND
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Changes to collective agreements due to the coronavirus

FRANCE
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Plan de continuité d’activité face à l’épidemie Coronavirus
Guide d’aide à la préparation au déconfinement et ou à la reprise d’activité pour les entreprises alimentaires

GERMANY
Please click here

IRELAND
Please click here

ITALY
Please click here

NETHERLANDS
Please click here

NORTH MACEDONIA
Please click here

NORWAY
Please click here

POLAND
Please click here

SPAIN
Please click here for the National Fact Sheet
CEHAT, CCOO and UGT Joint agreement – ERTES
Protocol and guide to good protection and prevention of workers in the food sector.

SWEDEN
Please click here

TURKEY
Please click here

UNITED KINGDOM
Please click here for the National Fact Sheet
Statement by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), Unite, Usdaw, BFAWU and GMB

Measures adopted at company level

We are currently collecting information about measures adopted in Transnational companies (with an overview of the measures adopted in each country where the TNC operates) as well as site level protocols and agreements signed with our affiliates in specific companies at national level.
You will find many of these agreements signed at national company level by clicking on the companies listed below with active link. Please note that for confidentiality reasons we are not able to publish all the information we have gathered.
Below a preliminary list of companies: