The GPA-djp has declared war on the exponential increase in ‘all-in’ labor contracts whereby employees are paid the same price regardless of the time they spend working. At a press conference on Monday, June 24, in Vienna, the unions’ leaders said that they wanted to campaign for a legislative initiative at the latest for the 1st 2014 quarter to limit these contracts. A survey commissioned by the GPA shows that these contracts, initially designed for executives, now affect 1 in 3 employees and lead to abuses and blur the line between professional and private life. (Ref. 130426)
The biggest union in Austria, GPA-djp, says it’s time to limit the development of ‘all-in’ contracts. “We don’t want to go back but we want to change the rules” explained its leader, Wolfgang Katzian, who claims that these contracts blur the line between professional and private life. For a few years, the union has been witnessing a strong rise in these contracts, initially designed for executives. “All-in contracts are the result of a perfectly legal agreement between the employer and the e
…Do you have information to share with us?