No. 6,977 in Spanish
erte
"Erte" refers to a temporary employment regulation scheme in Spain, allowing businesses to suspend contracts or reduce working hours due to exceptional circumstances.
In a sentence
Durante la pandemia, muchas empresas recurrieron a un ERTE.
During the pandemic, many companies turned to a furlough.
Here, 'ERTE' is used to refer to a temporary redundancy plan in a formal employment context.
El gobierno implementó medidas para proteger a los afectados por los ERTEs.
The government implemented measures to protect those affected by the furloughs.
In this sentence, 'ERTEs' is used in plural form to denote multiple temporally suspended work contracts.
Los trabajadores en ERTE continuaron recibiendo una parte de su salario.
Workers on furlough kept receiving a part of their salary.
Here, 'en ERTE' specifies the status of workers temporarily laid off under the specific legislative measure.
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