Home » Corporate social responsibility » Initiatives from the public authorities and other stakeholders » Austria: “transplacement” project planned to harness regional labour resources Austria: “transplacement” project planned to harness regional labour resources Economic actors in Upper Austria, the country’s leading industrial region, have joined forces to address the lack of qualified workers and protect jobs. They have launched a pilot project, the first of its kind in Austria, for so-called “transplacement”. The plan consists of a shared platform managing several schemes and programmes ranging from cross-company qualifications to job sharing. Christian Mayer, who is responsible for the project at Business Upper Austria, the regional government's economic agency, spoke to Planet Labor about the plans. Through . Published on 25 June 2021 à 13h41 - Update on 25 June 2021 à 13h41 Resources A structure uniting actors from the world of work. “Despite the increase in unemployment due to the pandemic, companies in Upper Austria are close to full employment. Depending on the sector, the current unemployment rate is between 4.4% and 2.1%. While it is true that our companies are very committed to apprenticeships and that the federal and regional governments already offer a lot of integration and retraining programmes,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
