It makes sense for production line workers. Less so for R&D, but I've seen it affect R&D as well. By the way, it's not 60% of the salary that the state pays -

It makes sense for production line workers. Less so for R&D, but I've seen it affect R&D as well. By the way, it's not 60% of the salary that the state pays - it's 60% of the difference in salary due to reduced hours.