Short time payment, employer is availing of EWSS and paying a small amount for unworked days.

[twofor1]

For example, employee normally works 5 days a week and earns let's say €200 a day.

If the employee is put on a 3 day week and as an incentive not to lose employees the employer pays €50 for each of the 2 non working days.

The employee is still down €300 a week.

Does this payment preclude the employee from claiming short time unemployment benefit for the 2 non work days ?

 

[twofor1]

If the employee is precluded from claiming short time payment from DEASP as a result of the €50 daily payment from their employer, they would then be better off without it.

It seems the €40 odd daily short time payment is not taxable so would be far better than €50 from the employer which would be taxable.

https://www.gov.ie/en/service/c20e1b-short-time-work-support/