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Federal Act concerning holiday and severance pay regulations for workers in the construction industry (Construction Workers’ Annual Leave and Severance Pay Act - BUAG), BGBl. 1972/414). Text No. 81.

Country(ies)

Austria

Subjects (Classification)

Specific categories of workers; Construction workers

Adopted on (Date of text)

1972-10-25

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Original title

Bauarbeiter-Urlaubs- und Abfertigungsgesetz (BUAG)

Abstract/Citation

Provides for special holiday regulations in certain areas of the construction industry, enumerated in subsection 1(2). Employees are entitled to thirty days paid leave after they have worked at least 46 weeks. Should the employee become ill during paid leave, the days of illness shall not be counted as paid leave. Also provides for severance pay if an employment contract is cancelled by the employer and the employee has worked at least 6 months. Further claims to severance pay are specified in s. 13b. Consolidated text.

Amending text(s)

1998-08-14 (AUT-1998-L-51642)
Amendment of the Act on bad weather compensation for workers in the construction industry and the Act on holiday and severance pay for construction workers. No. 113.

Amending text(s)

1998-08-14 (AUT-1998-L-51642)
Amendment of the Act on bad weather compensation for workers in the construction industry and the Act on holiday and severance pay for construction workers. No. 113.

Amending text(s)

2010-07-21 (AUT-2010-L-87459)
Federal Act to amend Federal Act concerning holiday and severance pay regulations for workers in the construction industry (Text No. 59/2010).

Amending text(s)

2012-12-28 (AUT-2012-L-93673)
Federal Act to amend Federal Act concerning holiday and severance pay regulations for workers in the construction industry, and Construction Workers Bad Weather Compensation Act 1957.

Amending text(s)

2013-07-30 (AUT-2013-L-95933)
Federal Act to amend: Federal Act concerning holiday and severance pay regulations for workers in the construction industry, General Social Security Act 1955, Unemployment Insurance Act (AIVG), Labour Market Financing Act (AMPFG)

Amending text(s)

2014-12-16 (AUT-2014-L-98827)
Act to amend: Employment Contract Law Harmonization Act; Temporary Work Agency Act; Worker Protection Act; Federal Act on arrangement of hours of work; Act concerning holiday and severance pay regulations for workers in the construction industry; Unemployment Insurance Act (Labour and Social Law Amendment Act 2014)(BGBl. I Nr. 94/2014)

Amending text(s)

2015-12-28 (AUT-2015-L-101917)
Labour Law amendment Act (BGBl. I Nr. 152/2015)

Amending text(s)

2017-07-31 (AUT-2017-L-106382)
Federal Act to amend: Construction Workers’ Annual Leave and Severance Pay Act; and Construction Workers Bad Weather Compensation Act 1957 (BGBl I 114/2017)

Electronic source title

Act on-line in English/German

Author

Bundeskanzleramt

Publisher

Rechtsinformationssystem (RIS)

Country

Austria

URL

http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/

File

ERV_1972_414.pdf (PDF Act as amended to 2007 (English/German))

Monograph title

Arbeitsrecht

Author

Dittrich, Veit, Tades

Publisher

Manz Verlag

Place of publication

Vienna

Country

Austria

ISBN

3-214-11148-5