On 25 May Austria's Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs (Sozialministerium) approved a compromise negotiated between the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKÖ) and the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB). The agreement provides for a three-month extension for short-time working arrangements, the possibility for companies to increase working time without needing to alter their short-time working requests, as well as they being able to return to full activity for a short temporary period, without having to exit the scheme.
1.3 million on short-time working. One week after the ‘Covid 19 short-time working’ agreement was secured between the country’s social partners, Austria’s ‘Sozialministerium’ approved the modified ‘Covid 19 short-time working’ arrangements on 25 May, and placed the relevant application forms online.
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