📋 Tender Overview
The committee also discussed a report by Christine Aschbacher Minister of Labor and Family Affairs on current EU projects in her area of work III-118 dB whereby the debate dealt with issues such as youth employment and fair working conditions. Hannes Amesbauer FP for example referred to the so-called youth guarantee the aim of which was to offer young people under 25 at the latest after 4 months of unemployment or 4 months after completing their apprenticeship a higher-quality job or an apprenticeship. He wanted to know what added value this EU project had for Austria. Gerald Loacker NEOS asked whether Austrias position on the proposed coordination of social security systems had changed due to the Corona crisis.On the part of the SP Verena Nussbaum underlined the need to strive for fair working conditions across the EU and in this connection referred to unacceptable conditions in slaughterhouses the situation of harvest workers and low wages in the tourism industry. She also wanted to know where and to what extent the Green Deal creates jobs. Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek is committed to making progress on the anti-discrimination directive.SP social spokesman Muchitsch expressed the fear that every second apprentice seeker in Austria will not find an apprenticeship in autumn. In this sense he pushed for a training guarantee for young people up to the age of 25 and demanded corresponding funding commitments. The higher the unemployment rate across Europe the higher the risk of wage and social dumping Muchitsch also pointed out.Gudrun Kugler VP pointed out the demographic development and the slow depopulation in some regions. That will also affect the work area. It was important to focus on this topic she affirmed.
