“This is terrible but the best option under the circumstances,” spokesman Maarten Hoelscher at trade union De Unie said, adding that the market had changed dramatically in recent weeks.

The government-funded work reduction scheme is part of a 6 billion euro (US$7.6 billion) package — equivalent to 1 percent of Dutch GDP — announced last month to boost the flagging Dutch economy.

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