Germany Short Term Tender

The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier and the Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz have agreed together with the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Grttersto createan additional modulefor the cultural sector as part of Bridging Aid III . In addition to the self-employed and the non-employed the short-term employees in the performing arts should also be able to apply for assistance of up to 7500 for the six-month period from January to June 2021.The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter AltmaierThe cultural sector is particularly badly affected by the restrictions in force and this affects many performing artists. With the restart aid we are now also helping short-term employees. Because in this crisis we must not give up our cultural identity and must support the people who embody it. The Federal Minister of Finance Olaf ScholzThe pandemic-related restrictions of the otherwise so rich cultural offer in our country mean that we all have to do without. Of course it hits particularly hard those who earn their living with it. That is why I am glad that we can also provide targeted financial help for the actors who have been hard hit by the pandemic to help them in this difficult situation. Minister of State for Culture Monika Grtters I am grateful to my cabinet colleagues for recognizing the very specific living conditions and employment relationships of creative people in response to my intensive advertising and for coordinating the Federal Governments offers of help. By including the short-term employees in the performing arts in the restart assistance those in the cultural sector who are suffering the most from the pandemic personally and economically will also receive a fair and generous offer. With the planned regulation freelance ie not permanently employed actors and comparable employees are now effectively supported. The free actors and actresses were not covered by the previous aid measures because they are not self-employed as their main occupation but are employed for a guest performance or a film and are not entitled to unemployment benefits or short-time work benefits due to too short periods of employment. Due to the pandemic you have been largely without employment opportunities for almost 11 months as stage operations have come to a complete standstill since March 2020 due to the pandemic-related restrictions. Film production has also declined sharply due to the Corona crisis.According to a recently published EU- wide study the entire cultural and creative industries with a turnover loss of 31 percent are next to air traffic the most affected economic sector in Europe by the Corona crisis ahead of the tourism and automotive industries minus 27 percent and minus 25 percent. According to this study the greatest decline is in the performing arts minus 90 percent between 2019 and 2020. Despite this unique impairment of the stage arts some of the artists affected have not been able to receive bridging aid short-time work or unemployment benefits due to the existing contractual structures. This will finally change with the special regulation that has now been agreed.