Living & Working in Austria

5.3 Employment Relations 24
5.3.1 Employment Contract and Position Specifications Statement 25
5.3.1.1 Working Hours and Vacation Entitlements 25
5.3.1.2 Termination 26
5.3.2 Independent Service or Works Contract 26
5.3.3 Contract for Work and Labour 27
5.4 Educational Leave and Sabbaticals 30
5.5 Family Hospice Leave 30
6. RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN DIPLOMAS & LICENSES 31
6.1 General 31
6.2. Examples of Regulated Professions 32
6.2.1 Teachers 32
6.2.2 Health Sector 32
6.2.2.1 Medical Doctors 32
6.2.3 Lawyers 32
6.2.4 Architects/Construction Engineers/Civil Engineers 32
6.3 Recognition of School and Vocational Diplomas 32
7. TAXES 33
7.1 Income Tax and Employee Tax Assessment 33
8. SOCIAL SECURITY 35
8.1 Health Insurance 36
8.2 Accident Insurance 37
8.3 Pensions Insurance 37
8.4 Unemployment Insurance 38
8.4.1 Financial Benefits 38
8.4.2 Unemployment Benefits from the EU/EEA States and Switzerland 38
8.4.2.1 Receiving Unemployment Benefits from EU States while
Seeking Employment in Austria 38
8.4.2.2 Aggregating Insurance Periods from Employment in the
EU/EEA States and Switzerland 39
8.4.2.3 Receiving Unemployment Benefits from EEA States and Switzerland
while Seeking Employment in Austria 39
8.5 Social Welfare and Means Tested Minimum Benefits 39
9. LIVING WITH CHILDREN 41
9.1 Maternity Protection 41
9.1.1 Salaried and Waged Employees & Minimum Income Employees 41
9.1.2 Independent Female Contractors and Female Contract Assignees 41
9.1.3 Self-Employed Females 42
9.1.4 Mother-Child Pass 42
9.2 Parental Leave Allowance, Childcare Allowance and Parental Leave Time 42
9.3 Family Allowance (Familienbeihilfe) 45
10. EDUCATION 46
10.1 Education and Training – Overview 46
10.2 Initial Vocational Training – Apprenticeships 47
10.3 Further Education 48
11. CHECKLIST FOR RELOCATING TO AUSTRIA 49
12. EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (EURES) ADVISERS IN AUSTRIA 51
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