The situation on the labor market remains tense in the lower Austria. And the job crisis spreads to more and more professional groups. More and more jobs are also lost in the health and social sector.
Exactly 43,344 people are registered as unemployed in LoWower Austria. “That is 5.2 percent more than a year ago,” says Sandra Kern, head of the Labor Market Service (AMS) in Lower Austria. If you take into account all those who are currently completing AMS training, the number of people without work increases to 53,708, which also corresponds to an increase of 5.2 percent compared to the previous year.
Low education problematic
What is striking: more than 41 percent of the unemployed in the wide country only have a mandatory school leave certificate. Although this group as a whole is only one tenth. The state councilor Susanne Rosenkanz (FPö) who is responsible for the labor market therefore emphasizes the importance of qualification measures: “completed training is the best protection against unemployment.”
All affected ages
Young people in Lower Austria currently experience this experience. Unemployment in April rose the most in the age segment to 24 years with an increase of 7.5 percent. However, all ages are affected. And women with an increase of 6.3 percent stronger than men with a plus 4.3 percent.
Crisis in more and more industries
According to the industries, you look at the development of the labor market, it is striking that the health and social sector, in addition to the usual problem that children trade and industry, is now sliding into a job crisis. Recently, 8.4 percent more jobs were lost here than a year ago. Regionally, the number of job seekers is only taken in the districts of Gmünd and Lilienfeld, there is a growth in all other parts of the country, some even in the percentage oak with double digits.
Spö calls for the economic stimulation package
De Spö regards the current labor market data in LoWower Austria as alarming. Chairman Sven Hergovich calls for an economic stimulation package from the country: this must include investments in education, creating social jobs through non -profit projects and social housing. “Because building creates jobs,” Hovovich is convinced.
Source: Krone
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