More than a million jobs already affected by short-term jobs

National companies continue to make great use of short-term labor in the crown crisis. As of April 24, there were 88,604 short-term crown applications approved for 1.1 million jobs, Labor Minister Christine Aschbacher (ÖVP) said Monday. This corresponds to an increase of more than 25,000 applications and 230,000 additional jobs potentially affected compared to the previous week.

“The rush to crown work in the short term remains enormous and exceeds all expectations,” Labor Minister Aschbacher said in the current figures. Currently, the Employment Service (AMS) is processing 97,709 applications for short-term crown jobs; 9,105 applications have yet to be processed.

“Both the processing time and the quality of the applications submitted have improved tremendously once again,” said Aschbacher.

According to the Ministry of Labor, 68,495 short-term job applications have already been approved, totaling around € 6.7 billion.

In some federal states, “the whole wave” of short-term job applications submitted in recent weeks is expected to be processed by the end of April, according to Labor Minister Christine Aschbacher (ÖVP) in a broadcast on Monday. From the current perspective, the Labor Market Service (AMS) in Lower Austria will have dealt with all applications first, followed by Vienna.

Vienna remains the leader in short-term job applications with 22,470 applications, followed by Lower Austria with 16,725 applications and Upper Austria with 15,838 applications. Then comes Styria (12,642 requests), Tyrol (8,799), Salzburg (7,656), Carinthia (5,681), Vorarlberg (4,981), Burgenland (2,917). According to the Labor Ministry, Carinthia has overtaken Vorarlberg in short-term job applications in recent days.

Corona’s short-term work allowance means that employees with reduced working hours receive 80 to 90 percent of the previous net salary, depending on income level. The Labor Market Service (AMS) reimburses the employer for short work hours.