Austria Opposition Applications Tender

The SPO is aware that the provision that came into force in mid-2018 according to which employees are entitled to continued remuneration even if their employment relationship was resolved amicably during sick leave is not valid for apprentices. Deputy Josef Muchitsch has requested a change to the Vocational Training Act.Legal claim to Papamonat care leave and nursing part timeAnother concern of the SP is a legal right of fathers to a one-month leave of absence after the birth of a child. This would create an intensive father-child relationship from the beginning promote family living together and support the reconciliation of work and father participation in raising children argues Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek. The Papamonat can be used in the period of the fictitious employment prohibition of the mother thus usually until the end of the eighth week after the birth. As a condition the application provides for a common household with the child. Around the exemption should apply a termination prohibition. It should also be expressly stated that the exemption is no parole according to the law on parental leave and therefore not to be counted towards it.In addition a change to the Employment Contracts Adaptation Act and the Agricultural Work Act requested by the SP is intended to establish a legal entitlement to long-term leave or part-time care for employees in companies with at least five employees. Deputy Josef Muchitsch expects a better reconciliation of family and work and an easier handling of caring responsibilities in the family circle. For companies with fewer than five employees there should be the possibility of a legal claim by company agreement. The legal claim should apply - as that on the Papamonat - from 1 July 2019.SP urges expansion of the professional grantSP social spokesman Muchitsch and his group colleague Petra Wimmer have tabled a motion for a resolution on the Fachkrftestipendium. The two applicants are in favor of continuing the specialist fellowship and extending it to all social care health and nursing professions in order to actively counter the looming shortage of care workers in Austria. For example they are concerned with the job description of Fachsozialbetreuer Altenarbeit which according to the explanations on the application was no longer included in the list of eligible training courses. There are basically many people who are interested in a career entry into the care sector but few could afford to live during the training two years without income Muchitsch and Wimmer assert.Reduced unemployment insurance contributions NEOS urge more fairnessNEOS MEP Gerald Loacker advocates adapting the legislation on unemployment insurance contributions. He does not see that the reduced contribution rates aimed at low earners benefit even those who have a high total income due to several employment relationships. Even well-paid self-employed who would choose the lowest level of contributions to voluntary unemployment insurance would benefit from the reduction in contributions. In order to achieve more justice Loacker argues in both cases for a subsequent total income calculation including premium adjustment.