Union calls for proper training and higher pay in health sector

Austria

Better employment conditions and a new funding system are need to improve the quality of health and social care according to Wolfgang Katzian, head of the GPA-DJP trade union that represents workers in the private health and social care sectors. In the context of a major debate over the reform of healthcare funding, Katzian underlined the importance of having properly regulated providers with trained staff covered by a collective agreement. The sector is currently plagued by pseudo-self-employment that makes regulation very difficult and undermines attempts to maintain pay and conditions.
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