[user5994461]

Speaking from a country that may have one of the best worker protection (France) in the world, it's all smokes and mirrors. If your small-medium business is in trouble, the only sane thing to do for your employees is to layoff as quickly as possible, so they can register to unemployment benefits (and count in statistics).

You think any government is going to give you money as a business owner? Maybe if you're lucky but how much time and paperwork is it gonna take? You're not guaranteed to see any of it or when. Meanwhile, you're accruing significant debt from each employees and suppliers day over day, with no end in sight.