Posts tagged #remuneration
All PostsGER: Can Cryptocurrency Be Used as Form of Remuneration?
Labour LawThe issue of remuneration agreements in the context of cryptocurrency was recently addressed by the German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, hereinafter BAG). The court was tasked with determining whether a claim for commission stipulated w...
OGH on the Recovery of Severance Pay
Civil LawIn the interest of legal certainty, Section 1486 of the Austrian Civil Code (Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, hereinafter ABGB) reduces the general 30-year limitation period to three years for certain claims, in particular those arising from dail...
OGH: Covid Bonus for Temp Agency Workers
Labour LawThe EU’s Temporary Agency Work Directive came into force on 5 December 2008, establishing the principle of equal treatment between temporary agency workers and employees of user companies. According to Art. 5(1) of the Directive, the basic working co...
OGH: Time Credits Are not Insolvency Claims
Labour LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has clarified that work time credited to an employee does not constitute an insolvency claim and therefore cannot be reduced by a restructuring plan. The plaintiff had been employed b...
Austrian Supreme Court: ‘Training’ Was an Employment Relationship
Civil LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has defined an unpaid traineeship as an employment relationship and awarded the plaintiff appropriate remuneration. In doing so, the OGH clarified the criteria for distinguishing trai...
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