When it comes to the number of part-time workers, Austria is at the top of Europe. Does full-time still pay and why are we a part-time country? That’s what Katia Wagner discusses with her guests on krone.tv on Wednesday at 8:15 p.m.!
Since our country will at some point economically face the problem that fewer people are pouring into our social system than they are taking out, Minister of Economic Affairs Martin Kocher (ÖVP) hastened with an unusual proposal, which also affected him a lot. resulted in burnout. He thought aloud about cutting benefits for part-time workers. But is it fair to punish those who work less than 40 hours?
Austria is the EU leader for part-time work
Austria is in any case at the top of the EU when it comes to part-time work, only in the Netherlands and Switzerland is the value higher. Therefore, the number of hours worked in this country is very low – and so the social security and the household budget miss important taxes and fees. However, many women have no choice but to work part-time: often there are no childcare places to fill.
Less child benefit for part-time workers
To increase the number of hours worked in Austria, one could force the inflow of young, motivated workers or use the labor force already available in the country. The Minister of Economic Affairs wants the latter. He was widely criticized that this had to happen with pressure to scrap social benefits such as family allowances or family allowances for part-time workers. He rowed back, but still wanted to continue the discussion.
Who wants to work full-time?
How to create incentives for full-time work? Or does nobody want to work 40 hours? Josef Muchitsch (SPÖ) and Franz Schellhorn (Agenda Austria) discuss this with Katia Wagner on krone.tv on Wednesday at 20:15! Join the conversation and tune in!
Katia Wagner – the talk, every Wednesday at 8:15 pm on krone.tv and at 11:00 pm on ntv Austria!
Source: Krone
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