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December 19, 2019

Clarification by the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) regarding the obligation to deduct income tax for foreign companies

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.

December 19, 2019

Conclusion of Collective Agreement for salaried employees and apprentices in commerce (Handel)

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.

December 19, 2019

New values for 2020

The final new values for 2020 have been officially issued and can be found here.

September 25, 2019

Father’s month (“Papamonat”)

In Austria, the legal entitlement on „Papamonat“ (father’s month) has been decided. Further information can be found here.

September 25, 2019

Parental leave times – new regulation on consideration

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.

September 25, 2019

Mutual agreements and general settlement clauses

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.

July 3, 2019

Work’s council – Tasks, duties, and responsibilities

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.

July 3, 2019

European Court of Justice: 48 h maximum average weekly working time – is the 17 weeks reference period fixed or rolling? (ECJ, C 254/18)

Starting as of September 1st 2018, employees in Austria have been entitled to work up to 60 hours per week. This possibility is restricted by the Working Hours Act (Arbeitszeitgesetz – AZG): the average weekly working time may not exceed 48 hours in a reference period of 17 weeks. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently judged that a rolling reference period has to be observed.

July 3, 2019

Family Bonus Plus

Starting 2019, the Family Bonus Plus replaces the tax deductibility of childcare costs and the child allowance („Kinderfreibetrag“). Find more details about the modalities for the application and the duties of the employer.

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