Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Austria as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Austria: Annual leave entitlement
Historically, an employee was not able to lose their leave entitlement unless they carried it over past the end of the second year after it was due …
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Austria: New export to the USA – apprenticeship training
Following an agreement concluded with the USA in April 2023, a joint working group was established on the training of skilled workers …
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Austria: Cost-of-living bonus (2024)
On the occasion of the latest wage negotiations, Finance Minister Magnus Brunner has signalled his willingness to continue tax and duty-free employee bonuses next year …
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Austria: Social security contribution changes for 2024
Unemployment insurance contributions currently amount to 6% of salary for the employer and the same proportion for the employee …
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Austria: MoU on qualified Philippine’s specialists
The Austrian government has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of the Philippine’s Department of Migrant Workers on skilled worker recruitment and cooperation in vocational training – including regulations to prevent irregular migration …
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Austria: Increasing representation of women in top management and supervisory roles
Although one in three companies in Austria are run by a woman in the top executive position the government believes more should be done to achieve complete parity …
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Austria: Upbeat and downbeat on AI
11% of enterprises currently utilize some form of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in their business, compared to 9% two years ago …
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Austria: Digital skills
The existence of digital skills varies greatly, depending upon education and age …
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Austria: Labour inspections – rise in violations and prosecutions
The latest report from the Arbeitsinspektion service covers 2021 and 2022 …
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Austria: Reclassification of 35 professional qualifications
A major reappraisal has been made during the last few years, with many vocational qualifications being progressively upgraded to NQF level 6 – equivalent to a bachelor’s degree …
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Austria: Finance and IT lead growth of apprenticeships
Over the year to July 2023, the number of new apprentices employed by private sector companies increased by 4 …
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Austria: One in six employees would like to work less hours
According to the Labour Force Survey conducted by Statistics Austria, in Q2 2023, one in six (17 …
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Austria: New tool to keep track of the worker shortages
The Austrian Ministry of Labour and Economic Affairs and Labour Market Service (AMS) have developed the “BMAW AMS Skilled Workers Barometer“ …
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Austria: Industrial output continues to fall (June 2023)
Industrial output fell by 3 …
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Austria: Social impact of inflationary crisis
At the end of 2022, a third of adults (aged 16-69) surveyed by ‘Statistics Austria’ had experienced a decline in household income during the past twelve months …
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