{"id":1811,"date":"2020-03-18T08:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T07:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaiserodermatt.ch\/coronavirus-short-time-working-compensation\/"},"modified":"2020-03-18T08:11:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T07:11:39","slug":"coronavirus-short-time-working-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaiserodermatt.ch\/en\/coronavirus-short-time-working-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: short-time working compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to recent developments, many employers are faced with the following question: How do I finance my employees&#8217; salaries? With short-time working compensation, the insurance company offers employers an alternative to the threat of redundancies. Short-time working refers to the temporary reduction or complete cessation of work in a company, whereby the contractual relationship under employment law is maintained. The employees affected receive compensation for the loss of working hours. This amounts to 80% of the lost salary and is paid to the employer. In particular, absences from work due to official measures are also considered short-time working. The requirements for short-time working compensation are that there is a <strong>loss of working hours<\/strong> (per payroll period) of at least 10% of the total working hours normally performed by the company&#8217;s employees and that the loss of working hours is <strong>due to economic reasons<\/strong> and is <strong>unavoidable<\/strong>. All employees who are subject to ALV contributions and employees who have completed compulsory schooling but have not yet reached the minimum age for AHV contributions are entitled to short-time working compensation. There is no minimum period of contribution to ALV, provided the employee is not in a fixed-term employment relationship. However, the law lists numerous exceptions where short-time work compensation is excluded. For example, apprentices, employees with uncontrollable working hours, employees with shareholder status and their assisting spouses or employees with a fixed-term employment relationship are not entitled to short-time working compensation. The law provides for further exceptions, which must be examined on a case-by-case basis. As a rule, the employer must notify the cantonal office of the planned short-time working in writing using the notification form at least ten days before it begins. Exceptionally, the notification period is three days if the employer can prove that short-time working has to be introduced due to sudden, unforeseeable circumstances.             <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to recent developments, many employers are faced with the following question: How do I finance my employees&#8217; salaries? 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