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employment
Schoenherr's labour & employment experts provide legal advice across CEE in all kinds of employment law matters, from the beginning through to the end of employment relationships.
"Schoenherr is very strong at handling complex and sophisticated matters. The team is very responsive and delivers a great work product."
Our employment team covers 12 jurisdictions in CEE and advises on all aspects of employment law from the beginning through to the end of the employment relationship, for both contentious and non-contentious matters.
It focuses on employment issues arising in the course of mergers and acquisitions, transfer of undertakings, workforce and management restructuring, domestic and cross-border transfer of employees, cross-border postings of employees, restructuring of businesses, downsizing and closure of production lines, employment tribunal litigation, workforce restructuring and related negotiations with employees, their representatives and trade unions, as well as general non-contentious employment advice.
our services
- restructuring and reorganisation planning
- transfer of undertakings
- cross border posting of employees
- contentious employment litigation
- compensation structures (executive and non-executive)
- management and employment contracts
- pension plans
- share ownership plans (including stock options)
- tailor-made in-house client seminars
- immigration
- general non-contentious employment advice
newsletter
Enhanced termination rules and collective bargaining agreements: a new chapter for freelance employees in Austria
New legislation aimed at closing gaps in the existing legal framework for freelance employees in Austria entered into force on 1 January 2026. Its key objectives are to clarify and codify statutory termination rules that have hitherto been largely unregulated, and to establish a legal basis for the conclusion of, or inclusion in, collective bargaining agreements for freelance employees. To achieve these objectives, amendments to several existing laws were implemented.
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Platform work at a crossroads: The EU Directive shaping the future of digital labour
The platform economy has evolved from a niche market into one of the EU's fastest-growing sectors, spanning food delivery, ride-hailing and digital microtasks. But rapid growth has created legal grey areas – especially around whether platform workers are truly self-employed or, in practice, employees under tight digital control. The EU's new Platform Work Directive aims to address these gaps by introducing a rebuttable presumption of employment, stronger transparency and data protection rules, limits on automated decision-making and requirements for human oversight. Member States must implement the directive by 2 December 2026.
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The evolution of cross-border employee participation in Europe
The Mobility Directive is paving the way for a new era of employee participation rights in Europe. After a lengthy battle, the first ever legal framework for all forms of cross-border reorganisations has been established. How did the new rules evolve and how do they safeguard employee participation?
know-how
LEXOLOGY Getting the Deal Through: Employment: International
Read through the Austrian answers to the employment specific questions.
team
our team
Meet our team of employment lawyers across our offices in Central and Eastern Europe.