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The head of AMS criticizes an increase in unemployment benefits. Part-time jobs can generate income higher than normal income.
5:17 pm, November 15, 2020
AMS-Chef John head he is against a temporary increase in unemployment benefit to 80 percent. “Politically it would be difficult to abolish it again. With the possibility of earning something in addition to unemployment benefits, we would have salaries that in many cases would be well above the achievable income,” he said in an interview with “derstandard.at”.
Currently 63,000 vacancies are reported in the AMS. “Every month people retire, get notified or resign: we are constantly placing clients, even in times of crisis there is dynamism in the labor market. That would be paralyzed as soon as one intervened only to reduce the risk of poverty, “says the head of the Public Employment Service calls for greater unemployment benefits to be considered in the Corona crisis.
Wave of bankruptcies
In any case, Kopf expects an increase in bankruptcies in the restaurant and tourism sector. “A few companies will run out of airwhen the tax deferrals and social security contributions expire. But tourism in particular has an intact infrastructure: even if the hotel operator goes bankrupt, the hotel will still stand. It will revive with other owners because I think tourism will return, ”said Kopf.
Currently, tourism professionals are pushing to hire people so they can do part-time jobs. “They fear that if they can reopen they will not find any employee. That is not possible because short-time work is not there to hoard people,” Kopf emphasized. This would allow employers to secure their work at the state’s expense, while people might be needed elsewhere. “I’m not for that,” he clarified.
