The number of short-time workers has dropped by 326,000 persons to 812,745. The decline can be explained by the fact that only 17,000 of the total of 110,000 companies applied for an extra three months of short-time work, since the majority no longer found it necessary. Unemployment also declined by 10,520 in comparison to the previous week.
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