Labour

The Labour Market, Employment Law and Health and Safety Departments are key elements of Austrian labour market policy. This policy can be seen as all of the public measures which are designed to balance the supply and demand for workers to as great an extent as possible and in an economically meaningful and sustainable way. These measures include: statutory unemployment insurance, financial support for market participants to increase their occupational and regional mobility, and the creation of the highest possible level of transparency on the labour market by means of extensive information campaigns.

Important goals of labour market policy in Austria are combating unemployment, achieving and maintaining full employment, increasing transparency in the labour market, and active measures to provide skills training and ensure equal opportunities. Responsibility for the implementation of labour market policy in Austria has been assigned to the Public Employment Service (AMS).