Skip to main content

Table 1 The institutional characteristics of short-time work schemes by country

From: The role of short-time work schemes during the global financial crisis and early recovery: a cross-country analysis

 

Difference of maximum and minimum permissible reduction in weekly hours

Strictness of eligibility criteria

Strictness of conditionality criteria

Cost to employer for hours not worked

STW Net replacement rate

Maximum duration

  

Score in %

Score in %

% of normal total labour cost for a single worker without children who usually earns the average wage

% of the average earnings for a single worker without children

Number of month

Ausfria

80

67

25

17

55

24

Belgium

100

50

13

0

70

5

Canada

40

100

0

0

61

12

Czech Republic

100

67

25

25

60

6

Denmail

60

33

13

0

61

6

Finland

75

83

25

0

51

100

France

100

67

25

39

75

13

Germany

90

100

25

8

60

24

Hungary

80

33

50

0

100

12

Ireland

60

33

25

0

31

..

Italy

100

33

25

17

83

24

Japan

100

100

0

31

66

28

Netherlands

30

67

50

0

73

13

Norway

60

67

25

23

64

12

Poland

100

67

50

13

49

6

Portugal

100

33

33

16

72

18

Slovak Republic

96

67

0

48

73

3

Spam

67

33

50

0

61

24

  1. Not available.
  2. Strictness of eligibility requirements: Index based on the following three eligibility requirements to STW schemes: i) justification of economic need for firms; ii) social partner agreement; and iii) obligation for participating workers to be eligible for UB, which attributes a value of one-third for the presence of each eligibility requirement.
  3. Strictness of conditionality requirements: Index based on the following four conditionality requirements: i) compulsory training; ii) recovery plan; iii) no dismissal; iv) job-search requirement for employee, which attributes a value of 0.25 for the presence of each conditionality requirement.
  4. Source: Hijzen and Venn (2010). Not available.