Cookies instead of undeclared work: confectioners demand clear regulations!

Cookies instead of undeclared work: confectioners demand clear regulations!

Vorarlberg, Österreich - The sale of homemade Christmas cookies is booming on social media, but this practice at Vorarlberg's confectioners is of massive criticism. According to Orf Vorarlberg , the number of domestic hobby bakers increases not only to friends, but also to strangers. The fact that it is not legally not defined by law, what "customary household quantities" are, is viewed by the industry as an invitation to undeclared work. Gunther Fenkart, the guild master of the confectioners, warns: "A lot of things are going under hand, often without prize award or public application." Food control has no powers to check private sellers, which threatens manufacturers in their existence.

undeclared work in the focus of legislation

In order to say the struggle for illegal employment, the Federal Ministry of Finance is planning a comprehensive reform to combat undeclared work. As the Federal Ministry of Finance , the financial control is moderated with a new law. This is intended to increase the efficiency of the exams and simplify the procedure to combat social service fraud. A central point is the creation of a "small public prosecutor", which gives the FKS the opportunity to carry out an independent investigation and to proceed faster against undeclared workers and illegal employment. In addition, entrepreneurs are better protected against unfair competition, which takes up the existing problem of illegal biscuit sales.