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Special regulations for working hours
Along with the usual working hours, there are special regulations for
certain situations. Examples include part-time work for older employees and winter
pay for employees in weather-dependent industries. Here is an overview of information
and services regarding these regulations.
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If your company belongs to the construction industry or is treated as such and your employees work in a weather-dependent job, you can receive additional expenses winter allowance under certain conditions and pay it to your employees.
If your company belongs to the construction industry or an equivalent company and you lose work during the so-called bad weather period, you can partially compensate for your employees' loss of earnings with seasonal short-time allowance.
If an unavoidable temporary loss of working hours occurs in your company, short-time working allowance can be paid in full or in part for your employees. The loss of earnings is partially compensated by short-time working allowance and is intended to prevent redundancies.
If your company belongs to the construction industry or is treated as such and you lose work during the so-called bad weather period, you can receive a winter allowance under certain conditions and thus partially compensate for your employees' loss of earnings.
If your company has to permanently reduce its workforce due to restructuring, you can receive a temporary short-time transfer allowance for these employees, which partially compensates for the loss of earnings during this time and supports the search for new employment.
If you are employed in Germany, you have certain rights and obligations. Here you will find information on the legal conditions, for example on statutory working hours or unemployment benefits.
