Posts tagged #protection
All PostsEU Law to Better Protect Journalists
European LawThe European Parliament wants to give journalists and human rights defenders better protection against strategic lawsuits designed to silence them. This is to be implemented by means of the so-called Anti-SLAPP Directive, where SLAPP stands for ‘stra...
OGH Voids Ambiguous Clause in Tenancy Agreements
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has repealed a clause according to which a landlord’s duty of proper maintenance does not apply if the tenant or persons attributable to the tenant are at fault for causing damage. Th...
OGH: No individual protection against dismissal during short-time work
Civil Law Labour LawThe Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH) confirms: Due to individual social partner agreements on short-time work, no individual protection against dismissal of an employee is stipulated. In the case at hand, the OGH dealt with an individual soc...