Austria: How to Benefit from Positive Labor Market Situation

People ♦ Published: April 2, 2013; 18:39 ♦ (Vindobona)

Increasing number of employees should be reason to initiate economic stimuli and focus on investment incentives, states Leitl.

Austria: How to Benefit from Positive Labor Market Situation / Picture: © Wirtschaftsbund / Christoph Leitl

Despite of the current unfavorable weather conditions, the number of employees has increased by 22,000 last month. Christoph Leitl, head of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO), is satisfied with the results, which were presented today, as it means a new record of persons employed. A total of 3.36m are engaged. Furthermore, the Austrian labor market still shows very good results in…