Publication Of Shop Agreements

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Pursuant to Section 30(1) of the Austrian Labour Constitution Act (Arbeitsverfassungsgesetz), the business owner or the works council is required to make shop agreements available for inspection or post them in a visible location to which all employees have access. Publication of the shop agreement is a prerequisite for its normative applicability to the employees.

New Supreme Court case law

In a recent judgment¹, the Austrian Supreme Court addressed the requirements for the legally effective publication of a shop agreement.