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Next Tuesday, September 15, the social partners and the government will meet for a labor market summit. The Chamber of Labor and the union have invited. WKÖ boss Mahrer wants to “discuss the fair, the open and the taboo” at the meeting.
In its package of measures, the Chamber of Commerce focuses on increasing the mobility and flexibility of the workforce, as well as increasing the potential of the labor market. Among other things, WKÖ representatives call for part-time training to be provided to make it more interesting for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), even after short-time work. In addition, the government-planned Corona labor foundation would have to combine relocation and displacement foundations to achieve a high level of practical relevance.
The Chamber of Commerce wants the AMS to promote the supra-regional placement of the unemployed. Chamber of Commerce representatives want to achieve work incentives with a declining staging of unemployment benefits (when the economy recovers) and a time limit for marginal part-time employment for the unemployed.
WKÖ General Secretary Kopf was satisfied with the development of the short-time job. On behalf of the AMS, the Chamber of Commerce carried out in August a survey on the valuation of companies on the extension of the reduced working day from October. 10,750 companies were surveyed. 60 percent of companies currently working short time want to take advantage of short time work after September.
Forty-nine percent of companies planning an extension want to extend it until at least March 2021, and another 25 percent beyond. “This illustrates the great importance of short-time work for the labor market and job protection,” commented Labor Minister Christine Aschbacher (ÖVP) on the current WKÖ survey.
