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Industrial engineering sector e-briefing: Austria: companies to submit an “income report” by April 2013

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Austria
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  • March 20 2013

Under the Austrian Equal Treatment Act, certain employers have to prepare an anonymous report about their employees' income, itemised between men and

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2012

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 18 2013

The North American Global Equity Services ("GES") practice group is pleased to provide the current edition of our Clients and Friends Newsletter

Supreme Court on calculating vacation entitlements when employees switch from part-time to full-time

  • Schoenherr
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  • Austria
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  • March 8 2013

Outstanding vacation entitlements accrued during part-time employment may be a financial burden to employers when employees switch to full-time

Industrial engineering sector e-briefing: Austria: bullying at work the employer held responsible for damage

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Austria
  • -
  • February 26 2013

Recently, the Austrian Supreme Court ruled on bullying at work holding that the employer should take action as soon as he finds out that one of his

Global employment briefing: Austria, January 2013 - harassment at work employer responsible for damages

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Austria
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  • January 25 2013

Recently, the Austrian Supreme Court ruled on harassment and bullying at work, holding that the employer must take immediate steps as soon as he

New laws on hiring-out of labour

  • Schoenherr
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  • Austria
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  • January 14 2013

Based on directive 2008104EC, Austria's hiring-out of labour laws have been amended (BGBl 982012). According to the directive, the implementation

Full transfer to the new severance pay system is still available in 2013

  • Schoenherr
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  • Austria
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  • January 10 2013

Austria has two systems of statutory severance payments. Generally, one applies to employment contracts that started before 2003 (Abfertigung Alt

Austrian employers will have to pay a dissolution charge in case of certain types of termination of employment (see Section 2b(1) of the Financing Act of the Labour Market ("Arbeitsmarktpolitik-Finanzierungsgesetz"))

  • Kromann Reumert
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  • Austria
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  • December 10 2012

For employment relationships terminating after 31 December 2012, employers will have to pay a dissolution charge (“Auflösungsabgabe”), provided that none of the exceptions stated by Section 2b, paragraph 2 of the Financing Act of the Labour Market apply

Increase of the minimum salaries for blue collar metal workers

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Austria
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  • October 17 2012

Starting with 1st January 2013 minimum wages of the applicable collective bargaining agreement will be increased by 3.4, so that the new minimum wage will amount to 1,625.18

Transfer of employee data within the group

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • Austria
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  • October 17 2012

In Austria, there is no “group privilege“ with regard to the exchange of employee data