Austria

New and updated

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Termination of employment

  Updated to include information on notice periods for freelance contracts, effective from 1 January 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Recruitment and selection

  Updated to reflect a change to the equalisation duty for 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Pay and benefits

  Updated to reflect changes to rules on corridor pensions and income tax rates for 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Industrial relations

  Updated to reflect that employee-like freelance workers may be included in the collective agreements, effective from 1 January 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Health and safety

  Updated to include information on the obligation to produce a heat protection plan, effective from 1 January 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Contracts of employment

  Updated to reflect new regulations for freelance workers, effective from 1 January 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Employee rights

  Updated to reflect new rules on reporting working time, educational leave and partial retirement, effective from 1 January 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Austria: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated to include information on changes to rules on gender quotas on supervisory boards.

• Type:

  International

  Global minimum wage rates comparative table

  Updated to reflect changes to minimum wage rules in Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Turkey and UAE, effective from 1 January 2026.

• Type:

  International

  Global gender pay gap reporting comparative table

  Updated to reflect how countries are transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive and to include additional information on requirements in California, US.