First applications for short-time work submitted
business
45 applications for short-time work have been submitted to the Salzburg Employment Service since the lockdown was announced. The Salzburg AMS boss Jaqueline Beyer expects a significant increase in the coming days.
The fact that the number of applications is manageable up to now has nothing to do with the fact that no one is sent on short-time work, one has simply learned from the previous year and the processing of applications is more routine, emphasizes the Salzburg AMS boss Jaqueline Beyer: ” It is now much more structured and better set up and we can then also support operations much better. “
Mainly affected: tourism and trade
The main sectors affected, which send their employees on short-time work, are now tourism and trade again, says Bayer. Now it is important to find the right short-time working models for the companies: “We are in close contact with all tax advisors from all over the state who advise their clients to think about exactly which form of short-time work is requested. Because in the past, draws were made, which were then returned. “
Labor Minister Martin Kocher of the ÖVP expects 350 to 400,000 short-time working applications across Austria – that would be roughly in the range of the previous year.