Above all, the government took into account companies and sectors that will take longer than others to recover from the coronavirus crisis. Industrial enterprises will continue to benefit from cyclical short-time, or partial unemployment, in order to help them react to upheaval in the international markets. Businesses benefiting from these measures must agree not to dismiss employees for economic reasons.
In addition to this, companies in the hospitality, tourism and event sectors will be able to benefit from accelerated access to short-time working from structural sources, without limiting the number of employees entitled to it. If necessary, these companies will be allowed to resort to economic redundancies, limited to 25% of their employees, until 31 December 2020. In the event of an economic upturn, they will agree to re-hire dismissed employees.
Companies affected by the crisis, other than industrial or vulnerable sectors, will also have access to short-time working, but will not be allowed to make redundancies, as the measure aims to preserve jobs as much as possible. The use of partial unemployment will be limited to 25% of the workforce in July and August, then 20% in September and October and finally 15% in November and December.
The partial unemployment scheme can only be granted if companies compile restructuring plans, such as recovery plans for small companies with less than 15 members of staff, or a job retention plan for companies with more employees.
The Economic Committee will be responsible for assessing the requests and the response to the measures.
