When a global health crisis hits home

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European Financial Stability Facility
27 October 2020

New ESM Column – Inner Workings

By Chief Operating Officer Sofie De Beule-Roloff

The health and economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is set to overshadow this year and beyond. As I write, the number of Covid-19 has spiked in Luxembourg and we continue to monitor the situation very closely.

I will share some of the steps we have taken to protect staff, stay in touch with them during lockdown, facilitate their teleworking, and how we began a measured return to work strategy while still fulfilling our public mandate as the euro area’s rescue fund. Presently, we are also assessing the profound workplace changes triggered by the pandemic and how we can learn from this experience to build a sustainable post-Covid-19 future.

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