1. INTRODUCTION
Austria has a long tradition of employee's
rights. Ever since, employee associations have been strongly
committed to the interests of employees and most of the legal rules
aim to protect employees. For example, unions and the Chamber of
Labour provide legal advice to employees in disputes towards their
employer.
Claims are enforced rather quickly and frequently in Austria.
There are specific courts for several specific matters, e.g.
commercial courts and labour and social courts. Austria labour
courts tend to be employee-friendly; however, judges are becoming
more and more business-oriented and start to understand the needs
and challenges employers are facing.
