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Turbulent times we are in. The legal situation is constantly changing. New possibilities to bridge liquidity squeezes are announced and adopted continuously. We aim to keep you updated as proper as possible. Therefore, please find here our summary of „Corona-Kurzarbeit“ including rules and links to application forms.
In order to quickly aid in reducing the spread of the Corona infection, we are following the strict measures introduced by the Austrian government and are reducing our personal social contact as much as possible.
A change in the Income Tax Act might have an impact on the wage tax for employees employed by foreign companies. Further information can be found here.
After four rounds of negotiations, employers and unions were able to finalize the changes regarding the collective agreement for 2020. Further details can be found here.
The final new values for 2020 have been officially issued and can be found here.
In Austria, the legal entitlement on „Papamonat“ (father’s month) has been decided. Further information can be found here.
A new regulation foresees the consideration of parental leave times for all entitlements, which are defined by the length of employment. Some more details can be found here.
For mutual agreements, it is common to explicitly agree on outstanding payments to the employee and at the end agree on a general settlement clause (“Generalbereiningungsklausel”). Please find here some more information on a recent ruling.
A work’s council can be elected by company’s employees, if there are 5 or more “company external employees” (i.e. no close relatives of the employer). Which tasks, duties, and responsibilities the work’s council in Austria has can be read here.

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