Germany: bill to fight seasonal unemployment

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On January 18th, the German government, in a cabinet meeting, introduced a draft law aimed at fighting the recurring rise of seasonal unemployment during winter months. It proposes to improve the current system of allowance and to extend it to all the branches touched by a fall in activity for climatic reasons (building, agriculture, forestry development, house painters, etc). (Ref. 0652)
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Concretely, the government intends to introduce a new system of allowance called Season-Kurzarbeitergeld (allowance for unemployed seasonal workers).

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