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CHANGES AND PROBLEMS OF WORK ORGANIZATION IN COVID-19 CONDITIONS IN LATVIA
Abstract
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic introduced restrictions that challenged companies to restr cture to stay in business. The company managers’ ability to initiate changes in work organization is crucial to ensure the companies’ existence and successful business continuity. The research aims to study the development trends and problems of work organization in Covid-19 conditions. To achieve the aim the legal framework for work organization was studied, changes in work organization in the Baltic States and the EU were analysed, and two surveys on changes in work organization – one for employers and the other for employees – were conducted. Monographic and document analysis methods, statistical data processing methods, sociological survey method were used in the research. The study analyses the development trends of work organization in the conditions of Covid-19, defines the problem questions, and makes proposals regarding solution of work organization problems.
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