Entrepreneurs have been complaining about a shortage of trained employees for years, at the same time older employees are pushed out of the labor market. Almost half a million people aged 60 to 64 are not employed in Austria. The government has set itself the goal of bringing at least 100,000 back to work by 2030.
However, there is political disagreement in the question which path leads to this goal. Employee representatives such as AK and ÖGB want to hire employers and require a bonus malus system for companies. Those who deal with the elderly must be rewarded and those who don’t do that are punished. For their part, the entrepreneurs complain that older employees are too expensive. The “Kroon” was also contacted.
Graphics: Employment figures of the 60-64-year-old
An entrepreneur with a small company in Upper Austria calculates that a more than a 50-year-old, who earns a net 1000 euros more than a 27-year-old, costs him more than 5 years more than a year.
There are clear industry -specific differences. Especially in heavy working industries such as construction, the older share is considerably lower than in the insurance and banking sector. But completely independent of the industry, it appears that many, even large companies, do not employ older ones.
There are 1324 companies in retail and accommodation and gastronomy 1037 companies with more than 20 employees who have not employed more than 60 years. On the other hand, there are 146 companies in the retail trade and 71 companies in accommodation and gastronomy, which are employed from 60 to 15 percent. There are 150 companies with more than 100 employees in which no person is older than 60.
From the point of view of AK and ÖGB, the example of the example is clearly demonstrated: “This is not a general industrial problem, but a different attitude towards older employment between a wide range of employers.”
For the representatives of the employees, the figures suggest that detailed monitoring of the target values for older employment in industries and companies is needed. Every company of 20 employees must be informed once a year about its older quota and the target quota of the industry to which it belongs. The companies that reach the industry -related goal quota must receive a bonus, those who do not reach the target quota, a malus. The bonus can be financed in a cost -neutral way and to present AK and ÖGB.
This is what the employee representatives demand
Currently, companies for employees older than 60 water cannot pay barking contribution, no GMM contribution, no UV contribution and no Iesg contribution. The employee representatives demand that these exemptions will cross without a recognizable employment effect and therefore have to be canceled. The release of financial resources (currently around one billion) must then be specifically used for the promotion of older employment and are used as a bonus for companies that reach industry -related goal interest rates for promoting age -related jobs, prevention and the like.
The average retirement age has risen from 58.5 to 62.4 years since 2000, with 3.9 years and for women from 56.8 to 60.4, ie 3.6 years. In the last 10 years alone, the increase in both men and women has been exactly 3 years.
Source: Krone
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