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The economy suffers from mandatory pauses due to the crown crisis
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All sectors of the economy will be affected by the second announced blockade, even if it is not necessary to block them. The Chamber of Commerce describes the measures as “very painful.” The Federation of Industrialists, in turn, considers that “it is essential to keep damage to the site as low as possible.” The government must be able to plan the economy. The union, in turn, insists on a legal right to special attention time.
However, in the interest of the greater good of health, the organizations support the closure. “The health and lives of the people in our country have the highest priority,” said Fourth President Georg Knill.
Like his WKÖ counterpart Harald Mahrer, he insisted on the ability to plan the company, which must be guaranteed. “Because planning is crucial for companies in such uncertain times,” Knill said.
“We hope that the federal government will come up with a clear medium-term plan to deal with the pandemic,” Mahrer said. “Maximum predictability is needed, especially in a crisis situation.”
Mahrer described the announced 80 percent lost sales compensation for November as “necessary.” The money goes to companies that have to block and replaces the fixed cost subsidy; it is called either. However, we have to wait for the new version of the fixed cost grant. Vienna and Brussels have yet to come across a common green branch.
“It is also urgent that the phase 2 fixed cost subsidy is immediately available to all companies economically affected by the crisis,” demanded Mahrer.
“The fixed cost subsidy 2 must come quickly. We’ve been waiting since September, ”said Hotel Association President Michaela Reitterer in an interview with the APA. The grant decides “on life or death.” If later it can be requested and paid, this can be done retrospectively from mid-September.
“The closure of public life is a difficult time for all commercial and artisan companies with falling sales and capacity problems,” lamented the president of the commercial and artisan division of the Chamber of Commerce, Renate Scheichelbauer-Schuster, in a retransmission. “All commercial and artisan businesses that are directly or indirectly suppliers or service providers for closed catering, hotel and prohibited events are particularly affected.” Butchers, bakers and pastry chefs, for example, are particularly affected by the elimination of the restaurant and hotel industries. The president of the division demanded more state aid, which should also flow faster and less bureaucratic.
The new lockdown will also worsen the situation in retail trade, the trade association warned. Without gastronomy, retail experiences a decline in frequency and sales. The association regrets that distributors are not also covered by the sales substitution regulation. In view of the increasing number of infections, retailers fully understand Covid’s new measures. “Now, however, we must also understand that trade, even if it is allowed to keep it open, will need financial aid and compensation to the same extent in certain sectors as those affected by an entry ban,” demanded President Rainer Will. WKÖ trade chairman Rainer Trefelik had also asked the federal government not to forget about aid for trade.
“To save the economy, we need a lockdown now,” argued Economy Minister Margarete Schramböck (ÖVP). “Only a strong cut brings new growth.” They want to do everything they can to help companies get through tough times and land jobs.
ÖGB President Wolfgang Katzian welcomes the individual items from the economic package accompanying the shutdown, but still has pending lawsuits. First, in an interview with the APA, he insisted on the legal right to special attention time. You also want a coupon rule. Employees, for example, should still receive 1,000 euros redeemable in December for retail and catering: “Then the Christkindl will be happy too.”
It must also be ensured that the safety of workers is ensured through increased hygiene measures. After two hours of working in a mask, employees should be able to work for at least a time without mouth and nose protection.
Katzian is pleased that compensation should be tied to the fact that no one is fired. In the case of part-time work, one looks at the social partner level to see if the current model needs adaptations. The head of ÖGB qualifies as a success the fact that the accident insurance regulation, according to which it also applies at the head office, extends beyond the turn of the year as a success. The government has made the corresponding commitment.
As for the viability of the other points, Katzian has high hopes. In none of these demands was there a fundamental rejection of the government during the talks of the social partners.
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