Employers' Day

“Without employers, there would be no day off”

The Chamber of Commerce launched a day for employers twelve years ago.

(Bild: wkk/alexanderzagorz / Google / Krone KREATIV)

38,144 Carinthian companies employ over 190,000 people. The Chamber of Commerce takes May 1st as an opportunity to focus on employers the day before.

May 1st is celebrated worldwide as "Labor Day" - in Austria it is a public holiday. As the legal representative of employers, however, the Chamber of Commerce also wants to bring them to the fore and therefore launched the first "Employers' Day" twelve years ago on April 30. "There are 38,144 of this special species in Carinthia, who keep the economy running with their ideas and energy," explains Chamber of Commerce President Jürgen Mandl. "They create jobs, prosperity and secure our social systems."

Employers' Day is intended to draw society's attention to the fact that without employers, there would be no work and no day off.

Jürgen Mandl, WK-Präsident

The Chamber of Commerce also wants to combat the current poor mood with its own day. "Soberly speaking, we are living in the best of all worlds. Never before have so few children died of hunger, never before have there been so few poor people or victims of natural disasters," says Mandl, praising the achievements. "What this miracle has achieved in just around a hundred years is called a market economy." However, the Chamber of Commerce is not only addressing large companies, but also the many Carinthian one-person businesses, "because they have created their own jobs".

As part of the campaign, this positive image of entrepreneurs will be marketed with a comprehensive marketing package and a tour through the district towns. All information is available at: tagderarbeitgeber.at