NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET POLICIES
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3.1.1.Guidelines of the AMS Act
The AMS is charged, within the framework of the federal government's policy of full employment, with pursuing a balance of labour supply and demand which is as complete, as economically practicable and as sustainable as possible, and thus ensuring as far as possible the supply of labour to the economy and the employment of the entire labour force (§ 29(1) AMSG).
In pursuance of these goals, the AMS must fulfil functions (§ 29(1) AMSG) which serve to:
1. efficiently place suitable jobseekers in jobs which best correspond to the worker's wishes with respect to employment;
2. help jobseekers overcome the effects of circumstances which present an obstacle to direct placement;
3. increase the transparency of the labour market;
4. reduce quantitative and qualitative imbalances between labour supply and demand;
5. maintain jobs where practicable;
6. safeguard the livelihood of the unemployed.
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