Roughly a quarter of Austria's workforce is in layoff prevention scheme

VIENNA (Reuters) - Roughly 1.2 million people, or about a quarter of Austria's workforce, are registered for a layoff-prevention scheme under which companies can keep staff on their books and only pay for hours actually worked, the government said on Thursday.Austria has fared relatively well in the coronavirus pandemic, introducing a lockdown early in its outbreak more than six weeks ago that helped flatten its curve of infections, then starting to reopen shops two weeks ago. Still, joblessness..