The new KiKa/Leiner Insolvency Foundation is to qualify former employees for shortage professions: those who are affected can come in from today by the end of 2026 supported for four years.
On Wednesday she will be officially taken into operation in LoWower Austria, a maximum of 300 people can benefit from this: the hasty implemented KIKA/Leiner Insolvenzstiftung is to support former employees on their way back to the labor market. And through a reorientation through further training and qualification.
The foundation carrier AGAN is supported for a maximum of four years. The country and AMS offer three million euros for this purpose. The focus is in the first place on professions with an acute lack of staff. “We want to get as much as possible to take care,” said state councilor Susanne Rosenkranz.
Compensate for a shortage of skilled employees
In addition to unemployment benefit, 100 euros are paid in training subsidies. There is a one -off contribution of 500 euros per person on the side of the Chamber of Labor. So far, around 95 people affected have registered with the AMS – 25 of them have already found a new job themselves. After the failed attempt to renovate the well -known furniture store chain, everyone quickly realizes that a foundation was needed: “We want to help with this restart and creating qualification for the labor market,” explains Rosenkanz. “And give people perspective and safety,” ARS-Landra Sandra Kern sees a proven resources in the Labor Foundation to prevent unemployment in the long term.
Take people to the labor market
Because unemployment has increased by 17 percent compared to the previous year. The open spaces are almost a third. “Now the armed forces are bundled to help quickly,” says Chamber or Labor President Markus Wieser. In addition to the actions of employees, warehouse and restaurant employees are affected. For the Chamber of Commerce President Wolfgang Ecker, the fast shoulder is an important signal for the blue -yellow economy.
Source: Krone
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