The termination of an employment relationship frequently involves legal uncertainties. We advise and represent you comprehensively in all forms of termination — on behalf of both employees and employers, including SMEs, HR departments, executives, and managing directors.

• Review and contestation of terminations and dismissals (on grounds of social unjustifiability, ulterior motive, discrimination, or immorality)
• Advice on mutually agreed terminations and drafting of separation agreements
• Support in exit conversations and strategic approach

We develop clear, legally sound solutions — out of court or before the courts.

We rigorously review and enforce employment law claims — on behalf of both employees and employers.

• Outstanding salary and ongoing remuneration
• Overtime and overtime flat rates (including all-in agreements)
• Special payments (13th and 14th salary, i.e. holiday and Christmas remuneration)
• Bonuses, premiums, and commissions
• Holiday replacement payments
• Severance pay (old and new system)

Our focus is on the efficient and consistent enforcement of your claims — both out of court and before the courts.

We advise companies comprehensively on the legally sound employment of foreign workers in Austria.

• Work permits (AMS)
• Red-White-Red Card
• Employment authorisations
• Postings to Austria (including ZKO notifications)
• Advice on wage and social dumping (LSD-BG) and compliance

We create clear and legally sound structures for the smooth and efficient deployment of international workers.

Workplace conflicts require a particularly sensitive yet clear legal approach.

• Workplace mobbing
• Discrimination
• Sexual or other harassment
• Internal workplace conflicts and escalation situations

The primary focus is on the prompt and sustainable resolution of the situation whilst safeguarding your rights and interests, with particular regard to discretion and sensitivity.

We support employers in the drafting and optimisation of employment contracts and in the legally sound design of HR processes throughout the entire employee lifecycle, and equally advise employees on the drafting and review of their contracts of employment.

• Drafting and review of employment contracts and contract templates
• Fixed-term contracts and probationary period provisions
• Home office and remote working arrangements (e.g. telework pursuant to Section 2h AVRAG)
• Non-competition and restraint of trade clauses as well as training cost recovery
• Review, drafting, and interpretation of contractual penalty clauses
• Support in onboarding processes (including job interviews and permissible questions)
• Legally sound offboarding (warnings, dismissal, termination, exit conversations)

We combine legal precision with practice-oriented solutions for companies and employees alike. Our objective is a working relationship characterised not by disputes, but by clarity, reliability, and sustainable solutions.

We support employers and works councils on all matters of collective labour law.

• Advice on works council formation and works council elections
• Contestation of works council elections
• Drafting and negotiation of works agreements (e.g. working hours, flexitime, IT/data protection, annual leave)
• Advice on and drafting of social plans
• Representation of works councils in enforcing their co-determination rights and powers
• Support at general works meetings and in negotiations with the employer
• Advice on the European Works Council — from its formation through rights and powers to the obligations of the central management and corporate groups

We contribute to a balanced working relationship between the works council and the employer that promotes both the company's commercial success and a constructive working environment as well as the interests of all parties involved.

We represent you in social security matters and accompany you throughout the entire proceedings — from the initial application through to the enforcement of your claims.

• Care allowance (assessment, grading, expert reports, care allowance levels)
• Old-age pension, widows'/widowers' pensions, orphans' pensions, heavy-labour pension, and further pension law matters
• Representation before the Pension Insurance Authority (PVA) and the General Accident Insurance Authority (AUVA)

We bring clarity to the proceedings and enforce your social security claims consistently and purposefully.

We advise companies on the design and implementation of occupational pension systems and support employees in the review of existing commitments.

• Review, optimisation, and (re-)implementation of existing pension systems
• Design and implementation of benefit commitments, in particular direct benefit promises, pension fund commitments, and company collective insurance
• Structuring of modern pension models (e.g. cafeteria systems, future security pursuant to Section 3(1)(15a) EStG)
• Support and representation in the event of disputes

Practice-oriented, structured, and sustainable solutions create benefits for all parties involved — from enhanced appreciation through to financial added value. We provide support with legally sound drafting as well as ongoing adaptation to the applicable legal framework.