Germany - Official short-time arrangement extended - November 25, 2009

On 25 November, the new German administration approved a 12-month extension of the official short-time ("Kurzarbeit") arrangement. The latest data from September showed that around one million workers were covered by the short-time scheme. The scheme had been due to expire on 31 December 2009, and is now set to be extended by a year, although for employers applying in 2010 the state will only pay out f or a period of 18 months instead of 24 months (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 2 January and May 2009).

English: http://www.thelocal.de/money/20091125-23521.html

 

This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter, which presents up-to-date information on collective bargaining developments across Europe. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009. All rights reserved. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. The ETUI is financially supported by the European Community. The European Community is not responsible for any use made of the information contained in this news section.

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