Resignations demanded

Why there are second-class mothers for the AMS Lower Austria

While mothers in Lower Austria still have to fear for their livelihoods, socially acceptable solutions are likely to have been found in the other eight federal states.

(Bild: Molnar Attila)

The Public Employment Service is likely to refrain from demanding repayment of training allowances (almost) everywhere, which particularly affects young mothers. Only in Lower Austria are they sticking to their guns. Now the Second President of the Provincial Parliament is calling for the AMS Lower Austria and its boss Sandra Kern to take action and is considering a lawsuit against the board.

Young mothers and people in eight Austrian federal states are celebrating successes who had received training allowance from the AMS during their educational leave and suddenly had to pay it back afterwards. But in the country between Enns and Leitha, the hard line is still being taken.