Labor Constitution Act

Basic data
Title:	Labor Constitution Act
Long title:	Federal Act of December 14, 1973 on the Labor Constitution
Abbreviation:	ArbVG
Type:	Federal law
Scope:	Republic of Austria
Legal matter:	Employment Law
Reference:	Federal Law Gazette No. 22/1974
Last change:	BGBl. I No. 104/2017
	Please note the note on the applicable legal version !

The Austrian Labor Constitution Act of 1974 is a labor code , i.e. a compilation of Austrian labor law . In addition to the collective agreement and arbitration system, minimum wages and protection against dismissal, it also codifies the status, rights and obligations of the Austrian and European works councils .

The regulated collective law matters include in detail:

Collective agreement (§§ 2-21)

Minimum wage tariff (§§ 22-25)

Apprentice compensation (§§ 26-28)

Works agreement (§§ 29-32)

Works constitution (§§ 33-39)

Organizational right of employees (§§ 40-49)

Works council in the company, company and group, protection against dismissal (§§ 50-122)

Youth representation (§§ 123-131)

Regulations for individual operating modes (§§ 132-140)

Federal Unification Office and Arbitration Board (§§ 141-159)

European works constitution and European works council (§§ 171-203)

Legal status of employee representatives (§§ 204-205)

Final and transitional provisions (§§ 160-170, §§ 206-208)

literature

Sieglinde Gahleitner, Rudolf Mosler (ed.): Labor constitution law. Complete works. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99046-105-1 .
Thomas Kallab, Erich Ullmann, Silvia Hruska-Frank: Labor Constitution Act. A guide to questions and answers. 5th updated edition, status: February 2015. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99046-129-7 .
Rudolf Strasser , Peter Jabornegg : Labor Constitution Act. Including implementing regulations. With detailed comments, references to literature and an overview of the case law (= Manz large edition of Austrian laws. 58). 3rd, revised edition. Manz, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-214-13549-X .