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Identification Card for construction workers in Austria

  • CHALLENGE : To enable general contractors from the building industry to fight social fraud
  • MARKET : Construction industry
  • APPLICATIONS : Identification, data collection and management, and regulatory compliance
  • SOLUTION : Tattoo Card Printer
 

ID cards for construction workers enforce regulatory compliance in Austria with IShap!

Fraud in social insurance contributions is rampant in Europe, especially in the construction industry.  A law package came into force in September 2009 to deal with ‘social fraud’ practices
in the construction industry.

“The new regulation has placed the burden on general contractors ” says Manuel Irrschik, CEO of ISHAP, an Austrian software company and Evolis Solution Partner, “and this is why we have designed the most appropriate and flexible infrastructure to tackle it. ”

The challenge is huge: general contractors become liable for the social contributions of their subcontractors that do not pay all contributions, or fail to register their workers in the social insurance system. To enforce regulatory compliance, general contractors required an easy and simple method to collect data from all their workers and provide each one of them with an ID badge that would act as proof of compliance.

Fight frauds with user-friendly software and hardware

ISHAPCARD was designed to get a solution available on local sites, while, at the same time, providing centralized management with all workers records, making it the benchmark choice for general contractors.

At the core of ISHAPCARD, dwells a central and database that documents all relevant personal data regarding workers on a particular site, regardless of whether they are employed by the general contractor or by a subcontractor.
An ID picture, the social insurance number, the name of employer and other relevant personal data are fed into the  ISHAPCARD database via a PDA or an online interface. This interface then provides easy data editing and management, as well as centralized monitoring with notifications when important documents are about to expire.

 

Around 70 Tattoo printers are deployed at construction sites all over Austria.

The Evolis Tattoo leverages data stored within ISHAP and prints it on the worker’s identification badge. The printer at the construction site then delivers the ID card to the workers as they show up at work. The worker’s ID photo is printed on the card to eliminate lending of one’s card to any other worker.

“With this flexible solution, each construction company has its own specific card template and set of data printed on the badges ”, Irrschik explains, “And it’s very important that construction managers and foremen be able to handle and maintain the printers easily and fast. Time is a very precious commodity at construction sites these days. Besides, the ID card gives a worker a feeling of belonging, and can be worn with pride. ”

 

“Performance-to-price proved to be very attractive” - Manuel Irrschik - CEO ISHAP GMBH

In the interview, Manuel Irrschik - CEO ISHAP GMBH, explains its satisfaction about Evolis Card Printer.

Why did they select Evolis in 2008? Are they satisfied with the Tattoo printer?
What are theirs plans for the future?

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