152 AT COVID-19 Job losses

Record ID: 463144
  • Title: 152 AT COVID-19 Job losses
  • Date: 21st March 2020
  • Description:Since Monday almost one hundred thousand Austrians have lost their jobs Since Monday nearly 100.000 people have lost their jobs in Austria and were registered unemployed at the AMS (Arbeits – Markt - Service), which means “job market service”, where people sign up when they lose their jobs. -36.000 of these people worked in the tourism -11.000 of these people worked on constructions sites -9,000 of these people were temporary employees The government in Austria presented a special “Corona-package” with short-time work program. Austria has announced a 38 billion euro aid package to secure jobs and keep companies alive. One part of the package are generous subsidies for short-time work programs under which the state takes over compensation payments and social security and tax contributions. At the moment (21st march noon) there are 2664 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Austria. Shotlist - Entrance of the job market service (AMS = Arbeits Markt Sevice) in Vienna - CL sign of AMS - Security in front of entrance - Information Paper on door of AMS concerning COVID-19 (saying: please don’t come personal! Do it online or call us) - Entrance, Head of AMS, Johannes KOPF , walking into a service Center - SOUNDBITE (German), Christine Aschbacher, Austrian minister of labour: First: Corona short-time work and no terminations. Nobody gets less than 80% of their salary. Second: We are leading companies through the crisis. We cover costs for the companies. Third: Placing new jobs as quickly as possible where they are now urgently and importantly needed - WS Presser - Flag of AMS
  • Collection: ORF
  • Genre:News
  • Producer:ORF
  • Transmission Date:21/03/2020
  • Decade: 2020s
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