Austria

New and Updated

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  International

  Austria: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated with information on developments around early retirement due to long-term insurance contributions and employee health insurance contributions.

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  International

  Austria: Employee rights

  Updated with changes to workplace measures to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the latest lockdown, including in relation to evidence of vaccination, testing or recovery.

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  International

  Austria: Pay and benefits

  Updated with the latest changes to fines levied on employers that pay less than minimum wage rates.

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  International

  Austria: Termination of employment

  Updated to reflect the harmonisation of notice periods for blue- and white-collar workers.

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  International

  Austria: Contracts of employment

  Updated to remove the reference to differences in notice periods for white- and blue-collar workers.

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  International

  Austria: Recruitment and selection

  Enhanced to provide more detail on penalties for employing foreign nationals in breach of statutory rules.

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  International

  Austria: Health and safety

  Enhanced to provide more detail on fines for a breach of health and safety law.

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  International

  Austria: Industrial relations

  Updated to reflect a change in the voting age for electing works council representatives.

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  International

  Austria: Useful online resources

  Enhanced to include information on official data services.

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  International

  Austria: Equal opportunities

  Updated to include information on changes to disability discrimination claims from January 1, 2018.