Commission proposes SURE, a new temporary instrument worth up to €100 billion to help protect jobs and people in work
Short-time work schemes are programmes that under certain circumstances allow firms experiencing economic difficulties to temporarily reduce the hours worked by their employees, which are provided with public income support for the hours not worked. Similar schemes apply for income replacement for the self-employed.
SURE would provide additional EU support to finance Member States’ short-time work schemes, and other similar measures, helping to protect jobs.
All Member States already have some form of national short-time work schemes in place.
Marta WIECZOREK