German minister wants to extend short-time working allowance - Der Spiegel

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz wants to extend the amount of time people can get paid on the government's short-time work scheme to two years from a maximum of one year, magazine Der Spiegel on Friday cited a finance ministry document as showing.Short-time work is a form of state aid that allows employers to switch employees to shorter working hours during an economic downturn to keep them on the payroll.The German government is expected to announce a new stimulus package..