The cultural sector in Liechtenstein creates and supports jobs. While the Liechtenstein Statistics Office reported 58 full-time and part-time employees in the publishing and media sector in 2010, 252 employees in the education sector and 107 in the cultural sector, the numbers increased to 176, 1268 and 839, respectively, by 2019.
Employees in art and cultural organisations, institutions and associations are subject to the general law. There is no special social security framework for these individuals in Liechtenstein. This also applies to self-employed freelance artists, who generally are not entitled to unemployment insurance benefits. They also have to provide for their own occupational pension.
Liechtenstein introduced a “social time card” for volunteer work in 2003, such as for cultural associations. The card documents volunteer activities and thus becomes a personal job reference for use in the search for employment.
IG Kunst & Kultur (see 1.2.5) has continued to raise the issue of improving the economic conditions and social security of those working in the arts and culture.
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