7. Terms and Conditions of Employment - Arbeitsmarktservice ...

Living & Working in Austria 2006
http://www.au pair4you.at/aupin.htm
http://www.aupair-asd.at
http://www.ams.at (au pair agencies can be found under the topic "Employment of
Foreigners“)
6.7 Seasonal Workers
The demand for seasonal workers is especially concentrated in the area of tourism as well as
agriculture and forestry and can only be partially met by the Austrian workforce. There is
especially a recurrent need for harvesters (e.g. grape harvesting) from spring to autumn in
the Eastern regions of Austria (Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Burgenland and Vienna) which
are predominantly characterized by intensive land cultivation. Skilled workers (skilled
restaurant workers, cooks) as well as auxiliary workers (kitchen help, cleaning staff,
housekeeping staff, waitress help, bartenders etc.) are especially sought after in the winter
sport regions of Western Austria from November to March, and in all tourist regions
throughout Austria from May to October.
In the area of tourism, special labour laws provisions are effective (e.g. specific working
time during the week or month, respective regulations concerning rest breaks, days off.)
Information on your rights and obligations as an employee should be obtained from the Chamber of
Labour and trade unions prior to starting a new job.
More details are available at:
http://www.ams.at (Austrian Employment Service (AMS) – seasonal job vacancies)
http://www.oegb.at (Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB))
http://www.arbeiterkammer.at (Austrian Chamber of Labour)
6.8 Transitional Applications Applying to New EU citizens on the Austrian Labour
Market
EU citizens from the “new“ EU member countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary) only have free access to the Austrian
labour market subject to specific conditions; these transitional provisions applicable to
EU citizens from the new EU member states are in effect until at most 2011!
Please note! No restrictions on Austrian labour market apply to EU citizens from the new
accession countries of Malta and Cyprus.
Citizen of new EU member states with no free access to Austrian labour market require a
permit according to the Alien Employment Law (Ausländerbeschäftigungsgesetz).
When a citizen of one of the new member states wants to work in Austria
• and has not yet found a job, the Job Service Centre homepage (AMS-Homepage)
are available to them;
• and have already found a job, your employer must apply to the AMS for an
employment permit (Beschäftigungsbewilligung).
This employment permit will, however, only be granted if:
� applicable salary and working conditions are adhered to
� no other qualified candidate (i.e. an Austrian national or another EU national)
is available to fill the position.
� employees and employers – or their designated representative - mutually
agree on employment.
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