Against the background of a renewed increase in the number of short-time workers, the chairwoman of the Federal Employment Agency, Andrea Nahles, has suggested a new instrument to supplement the previous short-time allowance. “From our point of view, it would still be right to develop a short-time work allowance,” said Nahles of the German Press Agency. According to them, such a system could include simplified payment procedures, flat-rate amounts and fewer verification obligations. The short-time allowance as an emergency intervention had recently proven its worth, especially during the corona pandemic, when up to six million people received corresponding payments from the Federal Employment Agency. Short-time work had then gradually decreased again since the peak in April 2020. Most recently, however, the Nuremberg statisticians determined that the numbers had doubled from August to September – apparently in connection with the most recent crisis involving energy prices and inflation.
Labor market – Nahles for crisis short-time work – economy
