In the course of the bankruptcy at motorcycle manufacturers KTM, 520 employees had to go, the Was manufacturers Palmers have registered in the early warning system of the AMS, 140 employees lose their job by closing the Panasonic factory in Enns-the Wave of the Bad News Rolts Because of the domestic economy. Fatal: at the same time, the labor market service must pull the belt closer.
A unemployment rate of 6.8 percent, 49,268 people without work, plus 10,350 people in training – all these figures presented the Upper Austria Labor Market Service on Monday. Two days later, the AMS presented its work program for 2025. The Focus here is clearly on the occurrence of youth unemployment and the stabilization of long -term employment.
2.1 percent below Austria’s average
“Our goal is to offer unemployed perspectives on the first day of their unemployment,” emphasizes Iris Schmidt, director of the AMS Upper Austria, who can also determine the poor development in numbers. Employment in the upper Austria decreased, the number of vacancies is also decreasing, at the same time unemployment is increasing, even if the upper Austria was still considerably below Austria’s average of 7.0 percent last year with a unemployment rate of 4.9 percent .
The Oberösterreich Labor Market Service starts with a transition budget of 157.4 million euros. This is a decrease of 3.5 million euros compared to 2024. “If you include inflation and the increased unemployment figures, these cutbacks are painful,” says Schmidt. There will be new goals from a future government, she calculates: “But we expect them to be endowed accordingly.”
“State promotion more necessary than ever”
No understanding of cuts in the federal government in the policy of the labor market, Daniel Mühlböck from the ÖGB -Upper Austria as a member of the AMS State Directorate: “State promotion is now more necessary than ever.” Income for the state budget and thus raise the pressure. For the AMS this means that in terms of efficiency, innovation and flexibility, this means a further improvement step, “said Thomas Buchegger of the Upper Austria Industrial Association.
The goal is unchanged that the focus must be on skills during mediation. “We almost deconstruct the jobs and analyze the necessary skills and skills. This enables us to mediate customized mediation and to increase the need for necessary qualifications, ”says Markus Litzlbauer, deputy director of the labor market service in Upper Austria. Interesting: if the plastic and waste preparation industries were previously defined as test areas, this was extended to all industries.
Source: Krone
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