19/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 saw a record number of temporary lay-offs in the European Union, according to figures released by the EU’s statistical office (Eurostat) on Monday 19 April. In the first quarter of 2020, for example, almost 3 million people were declared absent from work due to temporary lay-offs. During the second quarter, this number increased fivefold to reach a figure of 13.8 million people, before falling to 2 million in the third...