NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET POLICIES
Basic Information Reports
1.3.1.Functions and legal basis of the AMS
The AMS is charged with the following duties:
- implementation of active labour market policy measures aiming to contribute to the restoration of full employment and the prevention of unemployment; active labour market policy includes advisory functions, placement and benefits (Labour Market Promotion Act of 1968 - AMFG; AMS Act of 1994 - AMSG);
- verification of claims for and payment of wage-compensation benefits within the framework of passive labour market policy (in particular, Unemployment Insurance Act of 1977 - AlVG);
- regulatory functions, such as the admission of foreign workers to the labour market (Foreign Labour Act of 1975 (AuslBG)).
In order to relieve the AMS of duties which do not directly concern the labour market, responsibility for a range of functions has since been transferred to other bodies: functions related to the hiring out of labour, private placement and insolvency losses, control of illegal employment, verification and payment of claims to facilitate transition into retirement (special support for former miners), processing of bad-weather compensation and transfer benefits in the event of parenthood (parental allowance and part-time allowance).
Under the terms of the Labour Market Promotion Act, the BMAGS maintains responsibility for aid linked to enterprises.
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