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

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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 people with a low level of education

• People over fifty are more likely to be unemployed

• Increasing unemployment among seasonal workers

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

4.2 % un-employed 95.8 % employed

Austria

Greece

19.6% un-employed80.4% employed

Spain

25.1% un-employed74.9% employed

Youth UnemploymentAustria

9.9% unemployed

90.1% employed

Greece

55.6% un-employed44.4% employed

Bulgaria

29.7% un-mployed70.3% employed