Work up to 70 against the shortage of skilled workers

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The job market has dried up and the unemployment rate is now as low as 2.0 percent. Even companies and organizations that help people re-enter the initial labor market complain of a shortage of workers. “We are currently getting fewer registrations from RAV or welfare offices because the first job market is very urgently looking for specialists and assistants,” says Daniel von Holzen, 61, head of markets and shops in Caritas Lucerne.

According to the Swiss Employers’ Association (SAV), the shortage of skilled workers has become the biggest obstacle to the Swiss economy. “About 120,000 positions are already vacant. This development will intensify significantly,” he said. To sustain prosperity and secure the need for skilled workers in the years to come, the association proposes eight measures. Including explosive allegations.

According to the Employers Association, the working population works 14 fewer days a year than ten years ago. “To fill the shortage of quality workers, we need to increase the volume of work done, rather than consider further reductions,” says Daniella Lützelschwab, head of the SAV labor market department. It is important to eliminate existing false incentives and reject political attempts to reduce working hours.

The supply of third-party childcare places in Switzerland is insufficient. According to employers, “On the one hand, there is a complete lack of offers in many places, on the other hand the available places are very expensive.” According to the association, kindergartens and after-school care centers should be promoted more. “Every state franc that subsidizes childcare should flow into additional work or education and further education, not more leisure.”

In Europe, Switzerland has one of the lowest retirement ages. On average, Swiss people would retire at age 65. Generally raising the retirement age and models that will work for 70 years or more will help. Purpose: to help older workers stay longer in the labor market.

Vocational education, especially higher vocational education for the labor market, deserves greater recognition and recognition. Our increasingly complex business world does not always require academic training. This should be communicated to young people. Employers’ association: “The promotion of talents in vocational training should become more visible so that professional pride and respect for the professions are increased.”

Employers warn against the trend towards mini-jobs and an increasingly “interest-oriented” choice of work. This leads to inefficient education decisions (over 25 percent dropouts at Swiss universities) and difficult transitions to the labor market. The association calls for a binding fixation of student counseling in the upper school. According to employers, academics should amortize their tuition costs.

Of course, domestic expert staff can be used better. However, labor market-driven migration should continue to be possible.

According to the association, current labor law is outdated and needs to be more closely adapted to the current and future needs and demands of employees and employers. “This also includes relaxing strict working time regulations so, for example, working parents can finish their work in the evening after spending time with their children – outside of normal working hours.”

Many workers today still leave the labor market due to psychological or physical limitations. “Prevention and resource-oriented thinking, rather than lack-focused thinking, play an important role in both physical and psychological constraints in the workplace,” writes SAV.

Source :Blick

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