Short-time allowance also for salaried managing director

A managing director who is subject to social insurance contributions does not have a special status that would exclude him from receiving short-time allowance.

The salaried managing director of a GmbH or limited liability company is also entitled to short-time allowance. The Social Court of Speyer thus contradicted the employment agency, which did not want to grant short-time allowance to the managing director because he was in charge of the company and it was his task to find new customers and avoid short-time work. In the opinion of the court, without short-time allowance there was a risk that the employment relationship with the managing director would have to be terminated, resulting in unemployment. This would contradict the legal intention, namely to keep as many employees as possible in an employment relationship by granting short-time allowance.