All over Germany, short-time work is coming to their end. After the financial crisis, the state funded putting 1.2 million people on short-time work. This was by far the biggest, most expensive, and most successful labor market measure in the postwar era.We accompany a short-time worker from Rahden in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia who can go back to a full-time week now that business is looking up for his company.
