In one week, more than 20,000 applications for new loonkostensteun

More than 20,000 companies have in the past week, a request was made for state aid for staff to be able to pay for the period of June to september. Who report benefit-unemployment benefit on Monday.

This is the second version of the Temporary Measure as a Bridge to Employment (NOW). This measure is the follow up to the earlier, NOW-a scheme that the government already took over at the start of the COVID-19 at the end of march. The goal is to self-promote as much as possible, the staff in the department to keep up.

as of Monday, the 6th of July, businesses can apply to this second measure, and in the past week, 20.856, companies that have also done so.

in the Meantime, it is on 6.661 for employers the amount paid to you. It has already provided support to eur 485 million, according to the city of nearly 400.000 employees is reached.

Employers who have at least a 20 percent revenue loss over a period of four months, shall be eligible for support, on the condition that they and their staff will just have to pay. That allowance is up to 90 percent, with a loss of 100 percent, and proportionally less at lower loss. Companies will be able to continue until August 31 to apply for the aid.

the first version of the NOW clause was very much in use around the world. On Friday and brought the city to a list with an overview of the 148,000 of the companies in which an application had to be done to assist with the cost of labour in the first coronamaanden. Among others, football teams, airlines, retailers and manufacturing companies have asked many, many millions of dollars in.