'Stark' EU report highlights precarious and worsening conditions for essential workers

While nurses and doctors experienced burnout, these groups and others represented by trade unions "were socially recognised and had collective voice", the report found.

The already precarious working conditions of many frontline and essential staff deteriorated further during the pandemic, a new EU report has found.

The report, which highlights issues around a lack of statutory sick pay, a living wage, and affordable childcare services, found that the privatisation of nursing homes has "undermined the standard of care and actually endangered workers".