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Check employment contract: What should be clear before signing
Before signing, it is worth taking a close look at the employment contract, service slip, salary, working hours, and clauses. What applicants in Austria should check.
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Clarifying business trips: What costs employees should regulate in advance
Business trips raise questions about mileage allowance, per diem, working time, and receipts. What employees in Austria should clarify in advance.
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Check service certificate: Which formulations applicants should take seriously
A service certificate can strengthen applications or raise questions. What employees in Austria should check and when they should demand corrections.
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Trial work before the job: What is fair and where applicants should be careful
Trial work can be useful, but must not turn into unpaid labor. What applicants in Austria should clarify before a taster day and the probationary period.
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Heat protection in the workplace: What applies now in Austria
The new heat protection ordinance makes hot working days a job and recruiting topic. What employees and employers in Austria should know.
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Telework in Austria: Negotiating and using home office wisely
Telework replaces the narrow term of home office in Austria. What applicants should know about agreement, costs, working time, and accident insurance.
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Working marginally despite unemployment benefits: What now applies
Anyone receiving unemployment benefits or emergency assistance may only combine marginal jobs in exceptional cases. Rules, deadlines and application tips.
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Salary transparency Austria 2026: What changes for applications and job advertisements
The EU Pay Transparency Directive focuses on salary ranges and fair negotiations. What changes for Austria in 2026.
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EU AI Act & AI in Recruiting: Checklist for Austrian employers by August 2026/2027
The EU AI Act makes AI in recruiting a compliance issue. This checklist helps Austrian employers prepare tools, processes and obligations cleanly by 2026/2027.
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Maternity protection in Austria
Maternity protection in Austria is regulated in the Maternity Protection Act, which is available for viewing and printing for expectant mothers on the Arbeiterkammer website. All female employees are entitled to maternity protection…