Austria

New and updated

• Austria: Employee rights

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on the recent ECJ ruling on whether or not limiting the Good Friday public holiday to certain employees is discriminatory.

• Austria: Pay and benefits

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include the 2019 earnings thresholds for social insurance contributions and the occupational pension insurance scheme.

• Austria: Recruitment and selection

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on the 2019 equalisation duty rates.

• Austria: Health and safety

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on changes to the rules for payment of employers' subsidies from the statutory occupational accident and illness insurance scheme.

• Austria: Termination of employment

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on changes to notice periods for white-collar employees and blue-collar employees, and to include the 2018 rate of the termination fee.

• Austria: Training and development

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on changes to employer obligations to pay for vocational school and entitlement to sick pay for apprentices.

• Austria: Equal opportunities

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to equal opportunities in Austria, including harassment and sexual harassment, victimisation, positive action, active measures and remedies and penalties.

• Austria: Useful resources - legal service providers

  Type:

  International

  Information on legal service providers for Austria employment law.

• Austria: Industrial relations

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include additional information on workplaces without works councils.

• Austria: Contracts of employment

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to contracts of employment in Austria, including types of contract, written statements of terms of employment, variation of contract and probationary periods.