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Johannes Kopf wants another one-time payment for the unemployed. An increase in unemployment benefits is also possible.
“From the point of view of avoiding poverty, an increase in unemployment benefits is absolutely necessary,” said AMS chief Johannes Kopf. He was invited to the Journal on Saturday Ö1 and spoke with Katja Arthofer about the current labor market crisis. Because even in January, more than 530,000 people are still unemployed and more than 400,000 have a part-time job.
“And yet I’m not saying it is immediately for that, “but Kopf specified his statement on the issue of increasing unemployment benefits. The reason: people with very low unemployment benefits already have a net replacement rate of 80 percent of their previous required salary; that.
Work incentives problem
Furthermore, the unemployed as marginal wage earners can earn up to 470 euros. In addition to unemployment benefits, you would earn a net income very close to full-time employment.
“That means we have a work incentives problem,” Kopf said. However, he would like to discuss a fundamental increase in unemployment benefits for a longer time, that is, after the crisis.
Another one-time payment makes sense
Kopf also thinks another one-time payment makes sense. As part of this, the unemployed and the trainees have already received a “bonus” of 450 euros twice.
