The Minister of Labor, Muriel Pénicaud, said Thursday evening that 150,000 companies had entered the short-time working scheme, for 1.6 million workers, since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
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Since the start of the crisis, " 150,000 companies and 1.6 million employees have been protected, " the minister tweeted. In 24 hours, this figure is up 50% for companies and 30% for employees, she said. " We protect jobs, employees, skills, " she said.
The partial unemployment scheme has already cost 4 billion euros in public finances, said for his part Thursday evening the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire on France 2. In total 8.5 billion euros were marked for this purpose, but Bruno Le Maire had already indicated that it would not be enough.
This device will be extended " until the end of the state of health emergency ", assured Bruno Le Maire, who also said that there should be no layoffs during the epidemic crisis. " If you lose your job, you are on short-time working, " he said to employers.
