Short-time work benefits are key in the Corona crisis - a number of companies have registered short-time work. Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SDP) now wants to protect employees from excessive losses.
- Due to the Corona crisis *, numerous companies have already sent their workers on short-time work * .
- Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD) therefore wants to revise the concept.
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also takes up the issue of short-time work.
Berlin - Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) is considering an increase in short-time benefits in the coronavirus crisis * . He would talk to employers and unions about "whether we can raise the short-time allowance again," he told Rheinische Post (Friday edition) in Düsseldorf. At the same time, he promised a possible extension: “You have the easier rules for short-time work with which we build bridges over this crisis. If necessary, we can build it even longer. "
Short-time employees receive 60 percent and in households with children 67 percent of the lost net wages . In some industries and companies there are collective bargaining regulations for increasing short-time work benefits.
Corona crisis: researchers call for an increase in short-time work and unemployment benefits
The union-affiliated institute for macroeconomics and business cycle research (
IMK)
The Hans Böckler Foundation had already on Thursday for an increase in short-time allowance and
Unemployment benefit I
pronounced to the consequences of
Corona pandemic *
contain. For industries in which the companies currently have almost no sales and therefore no scope for increases, "an increase in the replacement service from the funds of the
Federal agency for work
be considered, ”said the IMK researchers. In this case, they proposed staggering short-time work benefits based on income levels, so that “especially low incomes are increased”.
In addition to supporting the labor market, they also spoke in favor of joint bonds of the euro countries * to help the EU's “financially less well-equipped member states” deal with the crisis. In addition to the Federal Government * , the European Central Bank "has quickly done the right thing in many areas to mitigate the economic consequences of this dramatic crisis," said IMK Director Sebastian Dullien .
Study: Statutory amount of short-time work benefits in Germany low
The legal amount of short-time work benefits is significantly higher in many European countries than in Germany. While employees in Germany receive 60 or 67 percent of their net salary, up to 100 percent are paid in other countries, as an overview published on Wednesday by the Economic and Social Sciences Institute (WSI) of the union-related Hans Böckler Foundation shows. However, short-time work benefits are being increased in more and more industries through collective agreements.
Short-time work in the corona crisis: EU Commission wants to raise 100 billion euros in debt
The European Commission also wants to back up 100 billion euros of debt with the backing of the EU countries and pass it on in the form of loans for short-time work in the Corona crisis . Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen presented this concept on Thursday in Brussels. It also promised further support for healthcare , fishermen and socially disadvantaged people. In addition, it plans to convert the next multi-year EU budget into the “Marshall Plan” for Europe .
More on the topic in the video: How much short-time work allowance am I entitled to?
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