A recent Supreme Court decision could have broad ramifications for employers that seek to raise individual employee performance by incentivizing their salary systems. Regardless of obtaining express consent from each…

The Act on Secondment is broad in scope and basically applies to any scenario in which employees are seconded to a third party. The law´s purpose is to provide rules…

Under Austrian rules on collective bargaining, certain matters that affect the interests of staff are subject to regulation at plant level. Section 30 of the Labour Relations Act specifically requires…

Unemployment insurance is compulsory for all employees. Employers and employees must each contribute 3% to the social security provider. Since January 1 2009 self-employed indiviuals can opt into the system.…

Recent legislation has amended certain ingrained and inflexible rules on statutory working hours and conferred on staff representatives and employers legal powers to deviate mutually from the usual framework under…

The private enforcement of antitrust law is a hot topic in the ongoing competition law discussions in Austria and Europe.

The enforcement of civil law claims involves litigation costs (eg, court and witness fees). Bankruptcy estates that have no assets cannot cover these costs. Nevertheless, by virtue of the free…

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Following the demise of Enron and ensuing US legislation, US companies have introduced mechanisms to safeguard the compliance of their European operations with the new legal framework. Such mechanisms have…

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