Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Austria as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Austria: Payroll and salary structure changes
Employers in the trade sector need to gear up for the payroll and salary structure changes that are being phased in over the period to the 1st of December 2021 …
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Austria: Austrian Good Friday law ‘discriminatory,’ top EU court rules
Employers are reminded that Austria now allows employees to choose one extra public holiday date individually each year, upon giving 3 months’ advance notice …
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Austria: Hours worked in the first half of 2019
According to Statistics Austria, in the first half of 2019, hours worked decreased by 0 …
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Austria: Credit for parental leave
It is now a right for those taking parental leave under Section 15f of the Maternity Protection Act (Mutterschutzgesetz; MSchG) to have all their parental leave period credited as ongoing service …
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Austria: ‘Daddy Month’ implemented
A new amendment to the Paternal Leave Act (Väter-Karenzgesetz; VKG) allows working fathers to take up to one month of unpaid parental leave in one block, on top of their statutory – collectively agreed – paid paternity leave …
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Austria: Maternity protection act
A New law amending the Maternity Protection Act has just come into force …
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Austria: New paternity leave entitlement
With effect from September 1st 2019 a number of important changes will be made to paternity leave …
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Australia: Industrial manslaughter to become a criminal offence in Victoria
Victoria‘s Occupational Health and Safety Act will shortly be amended to include the criminal offence of industrial manslaughter due to negligence …
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Austria: Amended Act against Unfair Competition has come into effect
An amended Act against Unfair Competition has come into effect …
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Austria: Good Friday law ‘discriminatory,’ top EU court rules
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the Austrian government’s practice of making Good Friday a paid public holiday only for certain christian religious groups is discriminatory …
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Austria: 10.9% of the working population are self-employed
New figures released by Statistics Austria show that in 2017, 10 …
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Austria: 12-hour workdays approved
Parliament has approved the introduction of 12-hour workdays and 60-hour workweeks on a temporary basis …
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Austria: Burqa ban
The country’s burqa ban is now leading police to stop individuals wearing a medical face mask in public …
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Austria: Companies remain active in continuing vocational training
According to Statistics Austria, 88 …
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Austria: Smoking ban
The Austrian parliament has established the principal that if any individual employee may object to smoking in their workplace …
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