The systematic short-time working scheme is a form of Jobseeker's Benefit, and is payable to people who have been temporarily placed on a shorter working week by their employer. The benefit is paid in respect of the days of employment lost.
The number of workers availing of the systematic short-time working scheme are published in the Annual Statistical Report of the Department at the following link https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/1b0ce-social-protection-statistics/.
The following tables provide information on recipients of the scheme between 2010 to 2019 and for each month in 2020.
Year
|
Systematic Short Time Workers
|
2010
|
11,272
|
2011
|
8,198
|
2012
|
5,322
|
2013
|
3,187
|
2014
|
1,413
|
2015
|
750
|
2016
|
600
|
2017
|
428
|
2018
|
806
|
2019
|
400
|
Systematic Short Time Workers
Month
|
Recipients
|
Month
|
Recipients
|
January
|
385
|
June
|
457
|
February
|
416
|
July
|
451
|
March
|
350
|
August
|
452
|
April
|
282
|
September
|
876
|
May
|
365
|
October
|
1,009
|