What is work WORK IS an activity involving

What is work? ? ?

WORK IS… • an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result

Types of work Work Paid & unpaid Mental Physical Mandatory Creative Volunteer

Mental work

Physical work

Volunteer work • For the benefit of a cause • For charity • For saving the environment

Creative work • Self expression • Profit

Unemployment in Austria

Statistics • Austrian method: People are counted as being unemployed if they are not registered in the AMS (job centre) • European method: people who have searched for a job for the past 4 weeks are considered as unemployed • Austrian method differs from European method!!! • Higher percentage of unemployment among

Young people and unemployment • Unemployment rate of young people (Sept. 2012): 9, 9 % • Young people get an „alternative apprenticeship“ paid by the state • Intensive and professional vocational training provided by the AMS

Support for unemployed people • Unemployment benefit for 20 weeks, can be prolonged for several reasons • Afterwards: possibility of applying for emergency financial aid. • Extra childcare benefit for parents • Support for further professional training

Adult Unemployment Austria 4. 2 % unemployed 95. 8 % employed Spain Greece 25. 1% unemployed 74. 9% employed 19. 6% unemployed 80. 4% employed

Youth Unemployment Austria 9. 9% unemployed 90. 1% employed Bulgaria 29. 7% unmployed 70. 3% employed Greece 55. 6% unemployed 44. 4% employed