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The UK proposal is a surprisingly effective way to handle this. By paying paying workers a percentage of their wage directly, you are protecting both the worker
by tomerico 7y ago
The UK proposal is a surprisingly effective way to handle this. By paying paying workers a percentage of their wage directly, you are protecting both the workers, and the companies that can now cut their costs by moving a large portion of their workforce to “unpaid” leave guilt free. This method is essentially designed to minimize damage and allow for a fast rebound once the restrictions are removed.
- the8472 7y agoIn some countries this approach is part of existing work laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-time_working https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-time_working
- yread 7y agoYep, in the Netherlands government covers 90% of the salary
- xref 7y agoThis seems much more beneficial for at least small biz owners. They don’t want to lay off staff because they probably can’t get all the same people back after this is over, so have to train up all new employees at once. But currently for employees to get unemployment, they must be fired first