Financial Support
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What financial support can employers and companies in the Canton of Basel-Stadt apply for?
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Short-time work compensation scheme
Employees whose working hours have to be reduced for economic reasons or their work has to be set for a specific amount of time may be entitled to claim short-time work compensation.
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Bad weather compensation scheme
Employees in the business sector in which weather-related absences from work are common, are entitled to bad weather compensation under certain conditions.