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.
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.
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Thomas Schnee
Correspondent in Germany
As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.