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SHORT-TIME WORK AND RELATED MEASURES TO MITIGATE
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A (PARTIAL) ECONOMIC SHUTDOWN IDEA 2020
Table 4: Short-time Work Policies Enacted in the Current Crisis
Austria
Canada
Den- mark
Ger- many
Ireland
Eligibility
- Agreement with union and employees/ worker council
- Affected by COVID-19
N/A
Employer in business for at least 2 years and has 10% decrease in business activity due to COVID-19
- Private-sector enterprise employers which have been hit by the COVID-19 outbreak
- termination to at min 30% (min 50 employees)
- If the loss of working hours affects at least 10% of its employees
- Full-time employees who must work max 3 days/week
- meets additional work history (social insurance contribution) related criteria
Min 25% decrease in the turnover of the employer’s business or in customer orders between 14 March 2020 to 30 June 2020 due to COVID-19
Business suffered because of COVID-19
- All businesses, except state min 30% decline over 1 month relative to same month last year
- All businesses, except governmental entities, LLC, public funds financed
- short-time working possibility should be in agreements, or 70% must agree for short-time work
Furloughed workers
All businesses, no public sector.
Replacement Rate (flat or in % as indicated below) by different criteria
Gross pay before short-time work (€)
Duration (months)
3
3
N/A
3
12
depends on social insurance contributi ons.
3
N/A
3
6
(+3 extension)
3-6
N/A
Over 2,685
80 %
(1700-2685) Less than 1700
85 % 90 %
up to 75 per cent wage subsidy for qualifying small businesses
Earnings (fraction of weekly insurable earnings)
<90% 90-100% >100%
50%
50% up to 90% + 0 100% of the earnings>90%
Monthly paid workers
Employment type
Hourly paid workers
90%, subject to a max of DKK 26,000/month
3 quarters of total payroll costs for the monthly salary, subject to a max of DKK 23,000/month
supports min 1
67%
child
Couple, no children
135.08 € 202.62 € 270.16 €
the rest
60%
Family type
Family status
D a y s L o s t
2 3 4
Single
81.20 € 121.80 € 162.40 €
<586
Couple, 2 children over 12
167.08 € 250.62 € 334.16 €
Couple, 3 children (1 under 12)
181.48 € 272.22 € 362.96 €
Couple, 4 children (2 under 12)
195.88 € 293.82 € 391.76 €
Net weekly average earnings before COVID-19 (in €)
(586-960)
determined by the Minister of Finance
>960
70%
0%
Luxem- burg
New Zealand
Sweden
UK
Cz.Rep.
temporary wage subsidy is up to a maximum level of €410\employee
80 % of the normal salaries (capped at 250 % of the social minimum wage for unskilled workers), max 1,022 hours/ salaried workers
Min 20
585.80 $
Working hours/week
Max 20
350.00 $
Fixed levels of reduction in working hours (%)
2040 60
19% 36% 53%
80% of employees’ wages, up to £2,500 per month
80% of total wage costs and max CZK 39 900 for firms in closed business, 60% of total wage costs and max CZK 29 900 for affected firms in economic distress. There are three regimes of economic distress. Drop in demand for product, lack of workers and no inputs that make firms eligible for the program. There are different requirements how much firms need to pay as a replacement for wages.
Note: The table is not meant to be exhaustive. Many policies change quickly, so the information may not be up to date.
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