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At a Glance: Hiring Employees in Austria

Posted Under: Austria on August 4, 2025

In Austria, are there any legal requirements to give preference in hiring to, or not to discriminate against, particular people or groups of people? The notion of positive discrimination may allow or even require an employer to give preference to job applicants who are protected from discrimination (eg, women and underrepresented age groups). Statutory law […]

Austria: Increased Due Diligence Obligations for Shareholder Creditors?

Posted Under: Austria, International on January 29, 2019

Under the Austrian Insolvency Code, those who wish to challenge certain disadvantageous transactions carried out by the debtor after material insolvency has occurred may do so. The risk of legal actions being contested is particularly relevant for shareholders who are also creditors of the debtor company. The Austrian Supreme Court recently needed to decide […]

European Court Says Austrian DPA Not Independent

Posted Under: Austria on April 4, 2016

The European Court of Justice stated that Austria’s data protection authority is not sufficiently independent, and therefore fails to comply with the requirements of the European data protection directive. This is the second time that the European Court of Justice has found a data protection authority to lack independence. The first time involved Germany, where […]

New Amendments to Austrian Data Protection Law