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The current lockdown has once again had a negative impact on the labor market especially tourism culture event management and the catering industry are affected. The social partners have therefore agreed together with the federal government to extend short-time working until the end of March 2022. Employees on short-time work can expect net wages of up to 90 percent. AK President Renate Anderl appeals to companies to use this instrument.A successful instrument for short-time work With short-time working we have a very successful instrument to protect people from unemployment and to enable companies to keep their employees. My appeal to the companies take advantage of this do not dismiss any employees you will urgently need them after the crisis. Anderl is particularly pleased that the social partners were able to achieve a bonus of 500 euros in the new model for those who have been on short-time work for a total of ten months or more since March 2020 and are still on short-time work in November.Better support for long-term job seekersLong-term unemployment is still a big problem said Anderl. The federal government must do everything to avoid poverty. Long-term job seekers are particularly at risk of poverty. Labor Minister Kocher must therefore increase the emergency assistance back to the level of the unemployment benefit ideally retrospectively from November 2021 to the end of March 2022. Companies would be financially supported by the federal government until the end of March so it was only fair to provide better support to long-term job seekers during this fourth lockdown.Increase unemployment benefits to 70 percentIncreasing unemployment benefits to 70 percent is another means of avoiding poverty said Anderl. In addition the downsizing at the AMS planned for 2023 must be stopped immediately.The employees of the AMS have been doing an excellent job since the beginning of the pandemic but they are reaching their limits. With more staff the AMS can provide more targeted support to people looking for work. AMS boss Johannes Kopf has also pointed out that more AMS staff leads to lower unemployment figures.
