Austria: Social Affairs Committee green-lights improved redundancy conditions for self-employed workers

On 8 October 2025, the Social Affairs Committee of the Austrian National Council, the country’s lower house of parliament, approved new redundancy rules for self-employed workers, paving the way for collective bargaining for this group from 2026. The law introduces, for the first time, notice periods before termination for freelance service contracts, aligning them more closely with standard employment contracts. These will be four weeks in length, then six weeks after two years of service....