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What is work???
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WORK IS… an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result
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Types of work Work Paid & unpaid MentalPhysicalMandatory CreativeVolunteer
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Mental work
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Physical work
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Volunteer work For the benefit of a cause For charity For saving the environment
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Creative work Self expression Profit
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Unemployment in Austria
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Statistics Austrian method: People are counted as being unemployed if they are not registered in the AMS (job centre) European method: people who have searched for a job for the past 4 weeks are considered as unemployed Austrian method differs from European method!!! Higher percentage of unemployment among people with a low level of education People over fifty are more likely to be unemployed Increasing unemployment among seasonal workers
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Young people and unemployment Unemployment rate of young people (Sept. 2012): 9,9 % Young people get an „alternative apprenticeship“ paid by the state Intensive and professional vocational training provided by the AMS
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Support for unemployed people Unemployment benefit for 20 weeks, can be prolonged for several reasons Afterwards: possibility of applying for emergency financial aid. Extra childcare benefit for parents Support for further professional training
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Adult Unemployment
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Youth Unemployment
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