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

In Austrian Federal Law Gazette I 44/2016 new provisions were introduced to fight wage and social dumping. This new law (LSD-BG) is in force since 01.01.2017. In the future, all employees working in Austria will be controlled. The most important innovations involve the introduction of a formally new law with a clearer and more explicit structure and the harmonisation of the former laws AVRAG and AÜG. Furthermore, the creation of a purchaser’s liability in the construction sector in order to secure the wage entitlements of cross-border posted and leased workers; exemptions for certain short-time employments in affiliated groups. [BGBl I 2016/44]