Amendments to the Labour Code regulating idle time due to the state of emergency and quarantine came into effect. From now on, additional conditions will apply to declaring idle time. Subsidies will be paid to employers who declare idle time because they cannot provide employees with agreed-upon work and if due to the work organisation there is no possibility to work remotely or the employee does not agree to take on another job.
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