Companies in Bern should continue to receive hardship aid only with a turnover of CHF 100,000 or more. There are more pressing problems for the Association of Bernese SMEs.
Posted today at 9:22 pm—
–KMU director Christoph Erb regards short-time working and loss of earnings compensation as the primary means of support for small businesses.
Photo: Walter Pfäffli
The Bernese government wants to remain stricter than the federal government when it comes to hardship cases: it is sticking to its decision that companies must achieve a minimum turnover of 100,000 francs per year in order to be entitled to hardship assistance. The government communicated this decision on Friday. The federal government setse the threshold at 50,000 francs.
Two motives from the SP and SVP ranks got the discussion rolling. They demand that the required minimum turnover in the canton of Bern is only 50,000 francs. All cantons except Bern and Obwalden have adopted this federal regulation.
