- Phase
- General Civil Code (ABGB); Employees Act (AngG)
- Native name
- Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB); Angestelltengesetz (AngG)
- Type
- Time off for job search
- Added to database
- 08 May 2015
Article
1160 (ABGB); 22 (AngG)
Description
In case of redundancy, every employee is entitled to make use of time off for job search (this is not applicable when employees themselves terminate a contract). Employees can demand at least one fifth of their weekly working time off during the notice period (Kündigungsfrist, for details also see: 'Notice periods to employees'), without reduction of income. Time off does not have to be dedicated to job search. The employee is entitled to this, even if s/he has already found a new job.
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Austria: Time off for job search, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin,
https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/time-off-for-job-search/austria