Labor Minister Martin Kocher (ÖVP) said on Wednesday before the Council of Ministers. In addition, the maximum duration of regular short-time work will be extended by two months. Companies that have been on short-time work since the beginning of the Corona crisis can switch to regular short-time work, which is limited to the end of June, by the end of May.
According to its own statements, the government wants to use the measure to provide planning security, said Kocher. The Corona short-time work, which is limited to the end of March, was introduced for particularly affected companies and provides for a 100 percent reimbursement of costs for the companies. The regular form of short-time work, on the other hand, provides for a discount of 15 percent compared to corona short-time work. Both forms are identical for the employees, they receive 80 to 90 percent of their salary.
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