Short-time work, "new normal operation" and staff reduction

Months of absolute uncertainty now lie behind us. Entrepreneurs quickly switched to crisis mode and implemented acute measures to protect their companies, employees and customers in the best possible way.

After temporary loosening we are now in (partial) lockdown again. How long this will last, nobody knows. Many are asking themselves the question: When will an orderly withdrawal from short-time work and a start back into the “new normal operation” be possible?

The concept of the “new normal operation” has developed because after the crisis nothing will probably be the same and the “new normal” has yet to be defined. But how do you get a new start in day-today operations that has to be legally compliant and practice-oriented?

These are the questions that this overview of actions deals with - written by experts in labor law for entrepreneurs.