Originally Posted by
fab777
In france, this temporary furlough protection is not on the social security budget, but general state budget. Therefore, an airline which has been successfully at not paying taxes in this country is getting state help without contributing. This applies for other airlines, too.
Good for the crews, though.
Norwegian crew work for a French subsidiary hence they fall under the furlough protection.
The furlough protection comes with some restrictions though: the employer can’t make anyone redundant and has to pay 70% of the salary. The French state will refund the 70%, but the refund is capped at 5500€. The question remains if the subsidiary has enough cash to pay the salaries...
Should the French subsidiary go tits up, employees will be entitled to unemployment benefits in their country of residence which is not necessarily France even if they paid social security in France.