It is to be extended until the end of the school year, it was announced Stove according to parliamentary correspondence. The last details still have to be clarified at the moment.
During the special care period, the wage costs are reimbursed to employers by the federal government. The instrument is financed from the COVID-19 Crisis Management Fund. It would have expired at the end of March. The union recently campaigned for an extension.
The SPÖ pushed for an early announcement of the further procedure on Wednesday in the social committee. The Freedom Party, in turn, criticized the fact that there is only a right to special care time if children are officially in quarantine and spoke out in favor of keeping the schools generally open.
Source: Nachrichten
