The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the government would help to pay wages of companies as part of a programme of support for working, self-employed and unemployed people, as well as businesses. The government will cover 80% of the salary of workers who would otherwise be laid off to a total amount of £2,500 (€ 2,832) a month.
Read on: in English ... See also: in English ...
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) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org.
For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu.
You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.