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Apply for seasonal short-time allowance

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.

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If your construction company is unable to carry out its work due to snowfall, for example, seasonal short-time allowance can partially compensate for the loss of earnings. It is intended to relieve your company and help to preserve jobs.

The seasonal short-time allowance is limited to companies

  • the construction industry,
  • the scaffolding trade,
  • the roofing trade and
  • gardening and landscaping.

You can only receive the benefit during the so-called bad weather period from December to March.

As an employer, you must apply for, pay and settle the seasonal short-time allowance. Your employees do not have to do anything.

Seasonal short-time work can be introduced for your entire company or limited to individual departments.

The actual amount of the seasonal short-time allowance depends on the respective income of your employees and the actual loss of work/earnings during the seasonal short-time working period:

  • 60 percent of the lost net wage for employees without a child in the household
  • 67 percent of the lost net wage for employees with at least one child in the household.

In addition to the seasonal short-time allowance, you can apply for additional benefits for your employees, such as the reimbursement of social security contributions.

You receive the seasonal short-time allowance from the first hour of absence.

As an employer, you initially pay wages and salaries to your employees in advance. The short-time working allowance is settled monthly in arrears with the Federal Employment Agency at the payroll office and paid to you retroactively.

The seasonal short-time allowance can be applied for in the event of temporary and unavoidable loss of working hours

  • for economic reasons or
  • for weather-related reasons or
  • as a result of an unavoidable event.

Operational requirements:

  • Your company belongs to the building trade, scaffolding trade, roofing trade or gardening and landscaping trade.
  • Your company or company department employs at least 1 employee.

Personal requirements:

  • You have employees subject to social security contributions who have not been dismissed and with whom no termination agreement has been concluded.

  • Required Documents
    • Application for seasonal short-time allowance (S-Kug) and supplementary benefits
    • Settlement list for seasonal short-time allowance (S-Kug) and supplementary benefits - attachment to the application for benefits

You can apply for seasonal short-time allowance in writing or online. However, you can also use KEA (Kurzarbeitergeld-Dokumente elektronisch annehmen) if necessary.

If you want to apply for seasonal short-time allowance in writing:

  • You calculate monthly wage and salary payments as well as the seasonal short-time allowance.
  • You pay the remuneration for hours worked and the seasonal short-time allowance for hours not worked to your employees and pay the social security contributions.
  • You apply for reimbursement of the seasonal short-time allowance retroactively each month at the responsible employment agency (application for seasonal short-time allowance and payroll list).
  • The employment agency checks your application and the payroll list. If your application is approved, you will receive the seasonal short-time allowance. You will receive a written notification.
  • At the end of the seasonal short-time working period, the Employment Agency will check the statements you have submitted as part of a final audit and, if necessary, correct the approved seasonal short-time allowance.

If you want to apply for seasonal short-time allowance online:

  • Go to the "eServices" portal on the Federal Employment Agency's website.
  • Log in with your user ID and call up the application for seasonal short-time allowance.
  • Complete the application, upload the payroll list and submit the application.
  • The employment agency will check your application and your documents. You will receive notification of the decision on your application from the Employment Agency.
  • The remaining steps in the procedure are the same as the written procedure.

If you wish to use KEA for the application for seasonal short-time allowance and the associated payroll list:

  • You will need certified payroll software that supports transmission using KEA.
  • In this case, you can transmit your application for seasonal short-time allowance and the corresponding payroll list to the Employment Agency fully digitized and securely from your payroll software.

There are no costs.

You must submit the application for seasonal short-time allowance within 3 months of the end of the calendar month for which you wish to apply for seasonal short-time allowance.

The notification/application is usually processed within 15 working days. (0 bis 15 Werktage)

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Status: 30.07.2024
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