Posts tagged #Labor Law
All PostsDrunk on the way home: OGH on the cancellation of insurance coverage
An employee sought the award of a disability pension from the General Accident Insurance Fund (Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt, AUVA) after suffering an accident on the way home from his place of work. This was to no avail, as according to the ...
Home office regulations continue
The recently adopted legal home office regulations could not completely convince the opposition parties SPÖ and NEOS. They criticize the lack of regulations in the areas of data security, data protection and mobile working and have tabled motions for...
BUAG amendment on the way
The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Greens and the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) submitted a joint motion to the Social Affairs Committee to amend the Construction Workers' Leave and Severance Pay Act (Bauarbeiter-Urlaubs- und Abfertigungsgesetz, ...
ECJ on the classification of on-call time as working time
European LawThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the assessment of whether on-call time is working time or rest time requires a consideration of the individual case. It thus followed the Advocate General's opinion in the case. In the present case, ...