jai singh is out of work in his home village while corona virus infections in indian cities continue to rise for people who represent millions around the world who have lost their jobs in the crisis and who don't know what lies ahead. well one thing is certain no matter where in the world the longer this pandemic lasts the more jobs will be at risk that germany has a big advantage its economy is fairly strong and stable and the government has a tool designed to prevent massive layoffs in an economic downturn the so-called short time work model keeps both companies and employees in business let's take a look now at how it works. suzanne or schmidt works in a german chemicals company. because of the coronavirus crisis that's left for her to do so she currently only goes to work 2 days a week and is paid for those days by her boss times and tough so the company could terminate contracts but instead it's signed on to a short time works again which is part of germany's government unemployment insurance system workers can keep their job small receiving partial unemployment benefits that co