The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs launched a targeted antivirus employment sustainability programme. The aim is to mitigate the negative impact of anti-crisis, quarantine and other emergency measures taken in connection with the spread of COVID-19. One way that this objective is to be achieved is by reducing the salary costs of employers, in the form of a contribution from the state to the total labour costs. In other words, employees’ salaries will be partially reimbursed if they have experienced obstacles to working due to the coronavirus.
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