Employment law court cases

Important employment law court cases from Austria in “easy to read” format.

Austria :: Does a company agreement made in accordance with a revised statute override a more beneficial pre-existing collective agreement?

AUSTRIA Court Supreme Court Case Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Federal Guild of Metal Technicians v The Trade Union of Private Employees Date issued 16th December 2019 Subject Does a company agreement made in accordance with a revised statute override a more beneficial pre-existing collective agreement? Substance In this case, the Supreme Court examined whether a flexitime company agreement concluded on the basis of the newly amended Austrian Working Time Act (WTA) (which increased the maximum daily working time from 10 hours to 12 hours) superseded a pre-existing collective agreement for metal workers, which set the maximum daily working time to 10 hours …

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Austria :: Discrimination due to a requirement for employees to have certain hairstyles

AUSTRIA Court: Supreme Court Date issued: January 24th, 2019 Subject: Discrimination due to a requirement for employees to have certain hairstyles …

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