The Danish Agency for Public Employment and Skills is capitalising on the many initiatives rolled out during the successive phases of the COVID-19 pandemic by offering a work organisation advisory service. It provides tried and tested resources and methods with the aim – by removing a certain reluctance – of identifying local and lasting solutions which are, first and foremost, tailored to each environment or group.

Although increasing civil servants’ wages was not on the agenda for the next budget, the Swiss Federal Council has decided to grant a one-off 0.5% adjustment for inflation. It believes that this measure sends out a strong signal for the social partnership and is a mark of recognition for staff as the impact of the pandemic is likely to continue to be felt.

Faced with a phenomenon whose progression one can only deplore, the German civil service wants to conduct a survey and assess the action taken by departments. All civil servants (whether victims or witnesses) are being asked to reply to a questionnaire which covers violent acts or attacks within departments or in the line of duty, their consequences and how they were dealt with.