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Options for easier access and the duration of short-time work allowance extended againWith the regulation on the duration of drawdown and extension of the relief of short-time work short-time work allowance extension regulation - KugverlV the possibility of the maximum draw-time of short-time work allowance of up to 24 months to be able to use for a further three months until March 31Extended in 2022. In addition the relief and special regulations for drawing short-time allowance up toMarch 31Extended in 2022. The previous full reimbursement of social security contributions will be reduced by half. That is what the federal cabinet decided today.Short-time work is proving to be an effective instrument for securing millions of jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of infections in Germany is currently increasing faster than ever before in this pandemic. Individual federal states have already introduced so-called 2G regulations to contain the infection rate and it cannot be ruled out that further tightened measures will have to be taken with significant effects on local retail the hospitality industry and the entire service sector. In addition delivery problems caused by the pandemic are affecting production in the manufacturing sector. For many companies it is not foreseeable when they will be able to reach the pre-crisis level again.FEDERAL MINISTER OF LABOR HUBERTUS HEILThe ordinance regulates in detailThe requirements for access to short-time work allowance remain until March 31 Reduced in 2022The number of employees who must be affected by the loss of work in the company remains from at least one third to at least ten percent lowered andthe build-up of negative working time balances prior to the granting of cyclical short-time work benefits and seasonal short-time work benefits will continue to be completely dispensed with.Temporary workers have access to short-time work allowance until March 31 Opened in 2022.The employers will be charged the social security contributions to be borne by them alone during short-time work in the amount of 50 percent reimbursed on request in a flat-rate form.In this way we ensure that employment relationships in the first Quarter of 2022 stabilized and unemployment and bankruptcies avoided.The changes take effect from January 1st In force in 2022 and upon expiry of March 31 Expires in 2022.Incidentally employers will have more 50 percentreimbursement of social security contributions if their employees take part in further vocational training that is subsidized under certain conditions during short-time work. The course costs for these training courses can also be reimbursed in full or in part depending on the size of the company.
