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Pandemic measures boost remote working in EU

Finland, Luxembourg, Ireland post highest rates of employees working from home

Gökhan Ergöçün  | 17.05.2021 - Update : 17.05.2021
Pandemic measures boost remote working in EU

ISTANBUL 

Amid COVID-19- measures, some 12.3% of all employees in the EU worked from home in 2020, up from around 5% in 2019, the 27-member bloc's statistical authority said on Monday.

The highest rate was reported in Finland with 25.1%, followed by Luxembourg (23.1%), and Ireland (21.5%), according to Eurostat.

The lowest rates were seen in Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia with 1.2%, 2.5%, and 3.1%, respectively.

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