The number of part-time jobs in Austria has increased by 30 percent within ten years. While approximately 950,000 people worked part-time in 2013, this will still be 1,250,000 in 2023. For women, family responsibilities influence not only the decision to work at all, but also the extent to which this happens.
- Part-time work affects 986,000 women and 261,000 men in Austria. It is the most common atypical form of employment, followed by fixed-term employment contracts (without apprenticeships) and part-time employment (less than twelve hours per week), temporary employment contracts and freelance employment contracts. In total, the number of atypical employment relationships has increased by 26.6 percent (1.8 million) since 2013.
- The number of fixed-term contracts has also increased significantly, by 20 percent. In 2023, 243,000 people had temporary employment, compared to 203,000 in 2013. Temporary employment increased by 14.5 percent to 85,000, and marginal employment by 9.9 percent to 191,000. The number of freelance contracts fell by 7.7 percent compared to 2013 to 30,000.
Major differences between women and men:
- While for working men Although normal employment relationships will still be the norm in 2023, this does not apply to women. More than every second working woman had an atypical job, usually part-time.
- If Gentlemen Working part-time, predominantly (59 percent) for one of the following three reasons: because of school or vocational training and further education (26.3 percent, women: 9.9 percent), because they do not want a full-time job (23.7 percent) . percent, women: 24.8 percent) or because they cannot find one (nine percent, women: 6.3 percent).
- Every second working woman Worked part-time since 2023. At 51.6 percent, Austria’s part-time quota for women is one of the highest in Europe; the EU average is only 29.3 percent. However, that of men is only slightly above the European average.
- Family obligations For women, this not only influences the decision to work at all, but also the extent to which this happens. The part-time rate for women with small children under the age of 15 was 73.3 percent (men: 8.1 percent), but women still worked part-time at an above-average rate, even with older children aged 15 and older (57.4 percent, men: 9). 0.2 percent).
“More and more people in Austria are working part-time, on a temporary basis, on a part-time basis or in a temporary employment contract. In 2013, less than a third of employees had such an employment relationship; in 2023 this was 36.7 percent,” said Tobias Thomas, Managing Director of Statistics Austria.
The part-time rate increased from 26.7 to 31.6 percent during this period. Only the Netherlands has an even higher part-time percentage in the EU.
Source: Krone
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