[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2020\u002Ficeland-covid-19-government-support-for-short-time-work-march-31-2020":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},14009,"iceland-covid-19-government-support-for-short-time-work-march-31-2020","Iceland - COVID-19: Government support for short-time work - March 31, 2020",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2020\u002Ficeland-covid-19-government-support-for-short-time-work-march-31-2020","pages.newspage","en","2020-04-20T05:39:44.378000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:32:04.334814+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F14009\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2020",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2020\u002Ficeland-covid-19-government-support-for-short-time-work-march-31-2020\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2020-04-20T07:39:44.378000+02:00","2025-12-26T22:55:12.158229+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>The government announced measures to support workers through the COVID-19 outbreak and encourage employers to reduce workers’ hours rather than firing them. If full-time employees are given part-time hours during the crisis, the government offers them an unemployment benefit equivalent to their lost hours. On the day the registration opened, the Labour Department received 9,670 applications for the short-time work support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgrapevine.is\u002Fnews\u002F2020\u002F03\u002F27\u002Falmost-10000-sign-up-for-reduced-employment-benefit-on-the-first-day\u002F\"> in English ...\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca or Sjaak van der Velden, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement)\u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\"> p.t.debeer@uva.nl \u003C\u002Fa>or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">www.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]