EU proposes short-time work scheme to avoid lay-offs amid epidemic
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commision proposed on Wednesday a new state-supported short-time work scheme to help people keep their jobs as the coronavirus epidemic takes its toll on economies across the 27-nation bloc.The scheme is clearly modelled on the German Kurzarbeit plan under which the government pays part of a worker's wages so that jobs are not cut despite a slowdown."Companies are paying salaries to their employees, even if, right now, they are not making money. Europe is now..