MAGDEBURG (dpa-AFX) – “Volksstimme” to extend short-time work:
“Everyone is in favor of short-time work. The employers are happy about the new flexibility with which they can react to the order situation. The unions see the cases in which short-time work actually prevents unemployment. The SPD sees itself again close to the industrial workers. And the CDU would like to represent everyone. And there will be elections in September. That increases the probability that this subsidy gets out of hand. If the state pays up to 87 percent of wages for 24 months, that is no longer short-time allowance, but a lot of unemployment benefit. That cost almost 20 billion euros So far the state and no one knows how long the crisis will last. With the amount of government aid, the risk increases that market-economy mechanisms will be overridden for too long cumulate that the pure state economy is followed by a rude awakening. “/ ra / DP / he
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