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Dismissal for extended lunch break

26.02.2019

Labour Law Civil Law

A worker may be dismissed summarily if he “has left work without authorisation”. The absence must be substantial and without a legitimate reason.

Use of secrets by enticed former employees

24.03.2017

Civil Law Labour Law

The defendants did not unfairly procure customer data or use this data to recruit the employees of the claimant during their work for the claimant.

New law to fight wage and social dumping - LSD-BG

14.12.2016

Labour Law Civil Law

In Austrian Federal Law Gazette I 44/2016 new provisions were introduced to fight wage and social dumping.

Termination of a fixed-term employment contract

14.12.2016

Civil Law Labour Law

A fixed-term employment contract ends automatically upon expiry even if originally intended to be extended.

Acquisition of an overpayment in good faith

14.12.2016

Civil Law Labour Law

If an employee (in the case decided: a caretaker) receives an overpayment over a longer period by mistake, she is not obligated to pay back the surplus provided that she has already spent the money in good faith.

Part time maternity leave –start of the legal right and of the protection against termination

17.05.2016

Civil Law Labour Law