“The target is a good economy after the crisis” – Unions chief welcomes short-time work scheme

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 02:26:19 +0200“The target is a good economy after the crisis” – Unions chief welcomes short-time work schemehttps://english.radio.cz/target-a-good-economy-after-crisis-unions-chief-welcomes-short-time-work-scheme-8104706© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalAmong the many coronavirus measures introduced by the Czech government is a “kurzarbeit”, or short-time working, programme. Under the scheme the state will make up some of the income lost by employees whose work is reduced by factory outages, helping firms avoid redundancies. The idea has received widespread backing, including from the Czech Confederation of Trade Unions, headed by Josef Středula. I discussed it – and the outlook in general – with the unions chief.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/stredula_josef_0.jpg?timestamp=1590513616 “The target is a good economy after the crisis” – Unions chief welcomes short-time work scheme https://english.radio.cz/target-a-good-economy-after-crisis-unions-chief-welcomes-short-time-work-scheme-8104706 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9