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How happy are workers across Europe?
The latest data from Eurostat helps to identify what matters most to European workers in the wake of the pandemic. Ana Ruiz and Marta Ley from El Confidencial have dug into the topic.
- Malta comes out on top in terms of job satisfaction, followed by Latvia. To the contrary, most workers in Portugal and Bulgaria aren't very happy with their job.
- Job satisfaction increased in most European countries over the last few years, except for the countries marked in red and orange in the map above.
- Results differ based on sector, gender, age, as well as – as we can imagine – on wage and level of education. Denmark and Hungary appear as top spots for the self-employed.
- In terms of job satisfaction, it seems that it's more important to have flexible hours than to have the option to work from home.
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This article is part of our series on digital rights.
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If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency has said.
Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate change will have on health.
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Survey The State of Data Journalism
The yearly survey on the state of data journalism run by DataJournalism.com is now open, it'll close on 31 December. The focus is on the characteristics of the data journalism community, the tools and technology used, and the direction in which data journalism is evolving. The survey takes no more than 15 minutes and it's anonymous.
You can take it here.
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