The labor authorities will have a maximum period of seven days to authorize the avalanche of employment suspension files that is already reaching the Ministry of Labor. Yesterday more than 100,000 workers were affected by measures reported by companies such as Temporary Employment Regulation Files (ERTE) . But surely that number will continue at the same rate today or, more likely, will grow.

This is the last labor measure included in the draft of the royal decree for the shock plan with which the Government wants to face the economic paralysis generated by the expansion of the coronavirus and still subject to final approval . It establishes that when companies are faced with causes of force majeure at the closure of their activities , the labor authorities must approve massive job suspensions through accelerated and retroactive ERTEs channels within a maximum period of seven days.

The Government establishes the cause of force majeure in order to facilitate more concerted and agile action by companies, unions and administration. The unforeseen situations that may be linked to the epidemic stem from the different governmental measures adopted as a consequence of Covid-19, including the declaration of the state of alarm. They would imply suspension or cancellation of activities; temporary closure of public affluence premises; restrictions on public transport and, in general, on the mobility of people and goods; lack of supplies that seriously impede the continued development of the activity, or in urgent and extraordinary situations due to the contagion of the workforce or the adoption of preventive isolation measures decreed by the health authority, which are duly accredited.

The affected workers will go administratively unemployed and will have the right to a public benefit that the council of ministers plans to specify in terms of proportion to salary and financing. In any case, it is sure that it will be accessible to all affected people regardless of the contribution periods they have accumulated and, for those who have those periods, it will not represent a decrease in them either.

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