Transcript Arbeitsrechtlicher Ausschuss 14.9.2011

How to make formal work
attractive the employer´s view
Rolf Gleissner /UEAPME
Undeclared labour – a key topic in Austria
• big wage differences between Austria and
neighbour countries
• big tax wegde on labour
• still relatively low share of undeclared labour –
8% of GDP
• low unemployment rate 4,9%
• massive posting of workers from abroad
• strong pressure by foreign companies which do
not comply with Austrian labour standards
• bogus firms in the construction sector
tax wedge on labour
Instruments against undeclared
labour and wage dumping in Austria
•
Collective agreements incl. minimum wages for all
employed persons, effective also for posted workers
•
strict controls by social insurance carriers, financial
police and fund of construction workers;
•
high fines for employers who pay below minimum
wage acc. to coll. agreement
•
problem: enforcement abroad
feeling of discrimination against national
employers
•
liability of contractors for subc. in the constr. sector
Employer´s position on (in)formal
work
• balance of interests between freedom and fair
competition
• no limitation of freedom of movement
• make formal work attractive and easy:
reduction of tax wedge on labour and of
administrative barriers
• strict enforcement of national standards vis à
vis all employers, workers and contractors – also
private contractors!
Employer´s position on (in)formal
work
• we need transnational cooperation and
enforcement
• support a European platform with obligatory
participation
• enforcement = task of authorities
• no/restricted liability for behaviour of
subcontractors
danger of hampering (international)
cooperation