The Austrian Act on Equal Treatment requires the declaration of minimum remuneration in job advertisements where the advert refers to a specific position. This includes every written announcement to a group of people (internally or externally) including newspaper, internet and intranet announcements.
Under an amendment to the Act effective from January 1st 2012, regional administrative authorities are permitted to issue fines of up to 360 euros for any violation of this provision. According to the law, the ideal phrase for use within a job advertisement is – ‘We are searching for a [job position] at a remuneration level of gross (specify pay rate at or above minimum permitted or collectively determined rate)euros per [time unit]. Higher remuneration is possible’.