Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Austria: a new law extends the legal framework surrounding teleworking Austria: a new law extends the legal framework surrounding teleworking Austria’s Parliament has just passed a new law that makes the rules governing teleworking more flexible and more precise. Drawing on IT advances, teleworking can now be done from any location with Internet access, such as coworking spaces and cafés. Submitted to parliamentary vote on 04 July 2024, the new law, ‘Telearbeitsgesetz’ will come into force on 01 January 2025. By Thomas Schnee. Published on 04 July 2024 à 15h59 - Update on 04 July 2024 à 17h24 Resources Following an overwhelming vote in the Austrian Parliament’s Social Affairs Committee on 27 June 2024, the 2021 ‘Home Work Act’ has been amended and replaced by the ‘Telearbeitsgesetz’ (Telework Act). The text was submitted to parliamentary vote on 04 July 2024 and will come into force on 01 January 2025. The new law makes the choice of workplace more flexible and also extends employee accident cover conditions. This accident cover issue was the most difficult to settle,… Thomas Schnee Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.LinkedInThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
