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The third phase of short-time work begins this week. Access is now handled more strictly. Economists already warn against using the crisis instrument for too long.
Corona’s short-time work will be expanded next Thursday. Starting October 1, national companies can apply for the third phase of the state-sponsored reduction in working hours. Some things will now be different. In the first and second phases of March and June, respectively, access was handled relatively liberally: the government issued the slogan that all completed applications should be approved by the Public Employment Service (AMS) to help companies quickly during the crisis. Factories have taken great advantage of it. At its peak in late May, part-time work was approved for 1.35 million people. At last there were just under 300,000.
In the future, access to short-time work will be more strictly managed. In the first phase it was enough if the employees worked ten percent, temporarily even zero hours were possible. The salary adjustment was staggered: depending on the salary, you received 80, 85 or 90 percent of the last salary, regardless of the hours of work. Companies only paid for work actually performed, the rest of the work was done by AMS. It remains so. However, the minimum working time will be increased to 30 percent; It may only be reduced in exceptional cases with the consent of the social partners.
