Russia: employment during COVID-19 holiday week 2020

According to survey results, 64 percent of Russians continued to work during the holiday week the country announced as a measure to prevent the mass spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) from March 30 to April 5, 2020. Furthermore, 16 percent of respondents stated that their employers sent them to paid vacations.

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Survey on the employment situation during the coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention non-working week in Russia from March 30 to April 5, 2020*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Continued to work (in total)	64%
Working in spheres where limitations did not apply***	20%
Management said all employees will work as usual	25%
Management let employees choose, protecting the salary	11%
Individual entrepreneurs, freelancers, self-employed	8%
Will not work (in total)	34%
Management sent all employees to the paid vacations	16%
Were sent on unpaid vacations	8%
Were already cut due to the current crisis	7%
Lost jobs as employers went bankrupt/ closed down due to the crisis	3%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

March 2020

Number of respondents

Approx 1,000 respondents**

Supplementary notes

* The survey was conducted on the website hh.ru and Headhunter's social media channels.
** Of them, 771 respondents were either employed or recently lost their jobs. The rest of respondents were excluded from the survey because they lost their jobs long ago.
*** Such as food industry, pharmacies, or continuous production.

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