A good 700,000 people were at headquarters in the third quarter – Coronavirus Vienna

The number of employees recovered in the third quarter, comparatively less affected by the crown crisis. It was up 146,200 or 3.5 percent compared to the previous quarter. However, there were 31,100 fewer people employed than in the third quarter of 2019. The number of vacancies fell by a fifth compared to the same quarter of the previous year (-28,500 positions to 99,900). There were 59,600 more unemployed than the previous year. 700,900 people worked from home.

Statistics Austria reported Wednesday that 19.6 percent of all paid jobs worked remotely. Compared to the prior quarter, that was less than 11 percentage points. Only 8.5 percent of those who are employed (-14.3 percentage points) worked from home simply because of the crown. Also in the third quarter, the higher the level of education and the higher professional qualifications, the more people worked from home.

Women and men have converged since the second trimester and have teleworked almost equally. In the third quarter, sectors with the highest proportion of home office work included information and communication (59.3 percent), financial and insurance services (44.8 percent), and education and training (40 percent). ). The largest crown-related decline in the Interior Ministry was recorded in employees in the education and training sector (-39.6 percentage points) and those in academic professions (-27.7 percentage points).

In the current fourth quarter, more people are likely to have returned to work from home than in the third quarter due to the shutdown. The social partners are currently negotiating new long-term rules for the central office that will apply from next year. The pandemic-induced momentum in this way of working makes it necessary.

The number of unemployed by international definition has only increased slightly since the second quarter of 2020 to 263,300 people (+11,600). Compared to the third quarter of 2019, unemployment was due to the crown at 59,600 or 29.3 percent, but very significantly above the level of the previous year. The unemployment rate as defined by the ILO was 5.7 percent, 1.3 percentage points more than the previous year. Men and women were almost as likely to be unemployed. The unemployment rate for people with a maximum compulsory schooling rose to 13.8 percent (+3 percentage points) and for people with an apprenticeship certificate to 4.8 percent (+1.5 percentage points) . The year-on-year increase was the lowest among academics.