Vienna AK demands clear measures against unfair company practices!

Vienna AK demands clear measures against unfair company practices!

In a crucial press conference on February 18, 2025, the focus is on the situation of employees and consumers: inside in Austria. Renate Anderl, President of the Chamber of Labor (AK), and Silvia Hruška-Frank, director of the AK, will provide answers to burning topics. These range from the financial services that the AK could reach for its members, to the most common consultations by experts: inside last year. Intersudes can follow the event live at wien.fernkammer.at/ performance balance , as the AK announced.

growing concerns about workers' benefits

While the AK is aiming for better conditions for employees: to create inside, they must continue to be prepared for cuts. As the AK Akt , threatening instructions such as less family allowance and reduced unemployment benefits, which could increase the risk of poverty after loss of job. These cuts are made at a time when the profits through government savings mainly be given to the companies. ”We have to point out that the true service providers: inside of society, the employees are the main suffering,” said Ludwig Dvořák from AK Vienna.

The discussion about the family burden compensation fund (FLAF) and unemployment insurance is a crucial point in the current debate. Above all, the practice of "intermediate parking", in which employees are only employed for a short time and that these practices increase during seasonal bottlenecks, seem to lead to a high burden on unemployment insurance - according to the AK Vienna assessments, the costs for this amount to up to 550 million euros in 2023. These growing challenges increase the need for sustainable reforms to protect workers: to protect inside and create more fairer conditions on the labor market.