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The FPO has repeatedly called for a sectoral restriction of access to the Austrian labor market for EU citizens in the event of high unemployment or other valid reasons but remained alone with its concerns at the last meeting of the social committee. Such a step would not only be contrary to EU law but also counterproductive given the fact that many companies were urgently looking for employees the VP countered with the FP.In addition the Freedom Party is pushing for further measures to reduce the long-term unemployment that has increased during the corona pandemic. Above all groups that are particularly worthy of protection or support such as people with health restrictions or disabilities older unemployed people and people who have completed compulsory schooling at the most should be given more support.Home office for cross-border commutersA motion for a resolution by NEOS on the subject of working from home can expect broad approval. It was approved unanimously by the Social Affairs Committee. Labor Minister Martin Kocher is therefore asked by the MPs to create short-term planning security for cross-border commuters who regularly work from home and to find long-term practical solutions in terms of tax social and labor law. Agreements on this topic which were concluded with neighboring countries as a result of the corona pandemic would soon expire the NEOS warn. For example complicated rules regarding social security would apply to people living in Austria who work in Germany and spend more than 25 of their working hours in the home office.Research and Technology Report 2022In terms of research and development RD spending Austria occupies a leading position internationally and along with Sweden Belgium Germany and Denmark is one of the five countries that meet the European target of a research quota of 3. The research output locates Austria in the group of strong innovators. This can be found in the Research and Technology Report 2022 which was presented jointly by Science Minister Martin Polaschek Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler and Economics Minister Martin Kocher.The report points out for example that the research areas of artificial intelligence quantum research and high-performance computing HPC as well as the topics of circular economy and sustainability are of particular importance for the future and that highly qualified human capital is a basic requirement for excellent performance. The RTI Strategy 2030 is therefore based on the promotion of talent and the promotion of human resources. For the first time the current FT report offers a general overview of the funding and instrument portfolio available in Austria for researchers and scientists in all phases of their careers.Data in the public sectorThe government wants to facilitate the reuse of published documents held by public bodies and public companies as well as research data. The aim is to encourage the creation of new information products and services. There was unanimous support for this new publication obligation for the public sector in the Research Committee of the National Council. Affected bodies would be obliged by the amendment to provide dynamic data immediately after collection using an application programming interface API.Identittsmanagement im E-GovernmentA planned amendment to the e-government law is intended to bring about innovations in identity management in the central population register. According to the government bill taxable companies should no longer be entered in the publicly accessible Supplementary Register for Other Affected Persons ERsB. Rather they should be reported directly by the tax authorities to the company register URV which is only for administrative purposes and not publicly accessible. This government bill was also unanimously approved by the committee.
