Austrian labour market in corona year 2020: 1.3% fewer employed, 19.0% more unemployed persons
Vienna, 2021
"In the corona year 2020, the decline in employment figures has been much smaller than in the number of working hours, which have literally collapsed. Short-time work has shown its effect in this respect", says Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas .
In addition, the "labour reserve" increased
by 52.0%. Compared to the previous year, the number of job vacancies
fell by one fifth
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