Austria's Minister of Social Affairs Wants to Extend the Years of Employment

People ♦ Published: December 31, 2010; 18:15 ♦ (Vindobona)

Rudolf Hundstorfer wants to see older workers work longer, and is trying to get the consensus of businesses.

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The Minister for Social Affairs of Austria, Rudolf Hundstorfer (SPÖ) wishes to develop concepts in the coming year to keep older workers working longer years. A way to attain this would be expanding the dismissal protection for this target group.

For this objective, co-operation with the businesses is required. In an interview with the newspaper “Die Presse”, Hundstorfer…