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COVID-19: monitoring the impact of the pandemic on enterprises
Fast and Exceptional Enterprise Survey - COVID-19
COVID-19: monitoring the impact of the pandemic on enterprises -
05 May 2020

Summary

In a week still characterised by the restrictions resulting from the state of emergency and according to a new question in the survey, it was found that around 58% of the responding enterprises had people in remote working and 20% had more than 50% of the persons employed in that situation.
The percentage of enterprises with remote working is increasing with the size-class of the enterprises, reaching 93% in large enterprises and not exceeding 30% in micro enterprises.
By economic activity, reflecting the nature of the economic activity developed, Information and communication stood out with 67% of enterprises registering more than 75% of persons employed in remote working. Conversely, the sector that has the least recourse to this form of work was the Accommodation and food services.


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