Establishment & Termination of Employment Relationships

• Termination, dismissal, mutual termination
• Bonus & all-in issues

We advise companies on legally sound employment relationships from start to finish: from terminations and dismissals to mutually agreed solutions and bonus arrangements.

Contract Drafting

• Employees, workers, senior managers, authorized signatories, managing directors

Our firm drafts and reviews employment contracts for every level of the business, from workers and employees to senior managers, managing directors and authorized signatories.

Working Hours & Compensation

• Overtime, flexitime/all-in, on-call duty, travel time, remote work
• Bonuses, commissions, equal pay / pay-transparency readiness

We support the design of flexible working-time models, flexitime and all-in agreements, and the compliant handling of on-call duty, travel time and remote work. We also develop tailored compensation models and bonus schemes, and guide companies through equal-pay and pay-transparency requirements.

Employee Protection & Equal Treatment

• Parental leave, parental part-time leave, caregiver leave, maternity leave
• Discrimination & harassment, whistleblowing procedures

We support employers in implementing statutory protections and advise on parental leave models, parental part-time work, caregiver leave and maternity protection. Our team advises — both preventively and in acute cases — on discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace, including internal compliance structures and training. We build secure processes for whistleblowers and ensure internal reporting channels comply with the EU Whistleblower Directive.

Competition, IP & Data Protection

• Employee inventions, non-compete clauses
• Reimbursement of training costs, data protection in the employment relationship

We draft and review non-compete clauses, employee invention agreements and training-cost reimbursement clauses — legally sound and practical. We also advise on GDPR-compliant HR processes, access rights and employee monitoring.

Works Council Law

• Working with the works council
• Negotiating and amending works agreements

We support companies in working with works councils — from negotiation through to the conclusion of works agreements.

Collective Bargaining Law

• Pay grades, flexible working-time models
• Allowances & premiums

Our firm supports pay-grade classification, working-time design, and the application of allowances and premiums under collective bargaining agreements.

Social Plans & Reconciliation of Interests

• Mass layoffs & early warning systems

We develop social plans and support reconciliation-of-interest processes, in particular for mass layoffs, restructurings or site relocations.

Business (or Business Unit) Transfers (AVRAG)

• Due diligence, employee transfers
• Information & consultation processes

We provide comprehensive advice on business transfers, due diligence processes, and the rights and obligations arising when employment relationships transfer.

Carve-Outs & Site Closures

• Outsourcing, post-merger integration (contracts/benefits)

Our team supports complex restructurings, outsourcing projects and post-merger integrations, including the harmonization of contracts and benefits.

Representation Before Authorities & Labor Courts

• Labor and social courts (ASG) throughout Austria
• AMS, AUVA, Financial Police, Chamber of Labor, Labor Inspectorate

We represent employers throughout Austria before labor and social courts, as well as authorities such as the AMS, AUVA, Financial Police and Labor Inspectorate — drawing on our experience in comparable cases.

Out-of-Court Dispute Resolution

• Arbitration and mediation (employment-related/director liability)

Our firm supports arbitration and mediation proceedings in employment-related and director-liability disputes — confidential, efficient and solution-oriented.

Whistleblower Protection & Internal Investigations

• Whistleblowing systems & related employment law measures

We implement whistleblowing systems and support internal investigations, along with any resulting employment law measures for compliance violations.

HR Compliance Audit

• Working hours, collective agreement compliance, data protection
• Secondments & work permits

We review internal HR processes for compliance with working-time law, collective bargaining agreements and data protection, and support secondments and work-permit matters.

ESG & HR

• Equal pay, diversity, pay-transparency directive
• Supply chain (HR component), sustainability governance

We integrate employment law considerations into ESG strategies — from equal pay and diversity to pay-transparency compliance and the HR dimension of supply-chain and sustainability governance.

Secondments & Assignments

• A1 certificates

We advise on international staff deployments, A1 certificates, and cross-border employee leasing.

Corporate Immigration / Residence

• e.g. Red-White-Red Card, EU Blue Card

We support companies in obtaining residence titles and work permits for key employees, for example under the Red-White-Red Card scheme.

In-House Training & Mock Hearings

• For works councils, management & HR

We run practice-oriented training for HR, management and works councils — from employment law fundamentals to realistic mock hearings.

Policy Set (Templates & Playbooks)

• Working hours/all-in, home office/remote, bonuses
• Disciplinary procedures, IT use, DEI

Our policy sets include practice-tested templates and playbooks on working hours, home office, bonus arrangements, disciplinary procedures and IT use — put together by our experts to make things easier for your company.