HYPERION ECONOMIC JOURNAL

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• Dalina - Maria ANDREI, PhD, SR III, Affiliation: Institute for Economic Forecasting - Romanian Academy, Romania;

This paper investigates from a statistical perspective, the significant transformations that occurred in the organization of work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in European Union (EU). The analyzes are based on data obtained from a multistage Eurofound survey known as Living, Working and COVID-19, at the request of the International Labor Organization (ILO). Some important aspects are examined : (i) first of all, the frequency of workers' commuting to work before the pandemic is compared with the situation of those who adopted teleworking exclusively as a result of the pandemic; (ii) paper also explores the places where the employees from the member states of the European Union carried out their activity during pandemic; (iii) the analysis also focuses on the number of hours worked and changes in this regard in each state ; (iv) finally, employee work performance is examined both from a quantitative and qualitative perspective, considering the restrictions imposed by the pandemic and the fluctuations in the number of hours worked. All these aspects are referring only to some changes brought by the pandemic on the labor market, underlining the need for adaptation and adjustment in a constantly changing context.

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