<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">In Austria and Germany we have the concept of "short-time work", a flexible form of temporary leave where the company pays less or nothing and the state pays benefits instead. Like unemployment while still being employed. My wife (who works in a hotel as a F&B manager) and I have both assigned to short-time for the last month</div><div dir="auto">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-time_working</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-J.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 5/9/20 03:43 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> </div><div>Subject: [FRIAM] unsurprising </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://poststar.com/news/national/unemployment-hits-14-7-percent-highest-rate-since-the-depression/article_a025e7bb-2501-5ec7-87d3-d52c386c0f1f.html#utm_source=poststar.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletter-templates%2Fbreaking&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=de929a7399e3b21c5a991470bf6da5d60e176a06">https://poststar.com/news/national/unemployment-hits-14-7-percent-highest-rate-since-the-depression/article_a025e7bb-2501-5ec7-87d3-d52c386c0f1f.html#utm_source=poststar.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletter-templates%2Fbreaking&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=de929a7399e3b21c5a991470bf6da5d60e176a06</a> <br></div>
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