Business union vida sees essential call for now fulfilled by way of the legislature: coaching time of staff is now to be counted as running time
Vienna (OTS) – A newly presented provision within the Employment Contract Legislation Adjustment Act (Segment 11b AVRAG) states that the participation of staff in coaching, additional coaching or proceeding training measures is to be counted as running time. Employers should duvet the prices of those coaching measures if they aren’t borne by way of a 3rd birthday party (e.g. exterior investment frame). This is applicable to these coaching, additional coaching or proceeding training measures which can be required by way of regulation, rules, requirements of collective criminal preparations or the employment contract for the efficiency of the paintings agreed within the employment contract. The union vida sees considered one of its maximum essential and long-standing calls for now being fulfilled by way of the legislature.
“In spite of everything, legally required additional coaching and complex coaching for staff within the care and well being sectors in addition to within the house of bus and truck drivers is obviously running time and the prices for this should even be borne by way of the employer,” says Roman Hebenstreit, chairman of the union vida, thrilled. For instance, all truck and bus drivers should now end up that they’ve finished 35 hours of additional coaching inside of 5 years of beginning their careers. If the corporate needs to make use of the motive force to move bad items, further coaching could also be required. “Till now, it was once no longer assured that this is able to happen throughout running hours and be paid for by way of the employer,” says Hebenstreit.
This transformation within the regulation has additionally at all times been crucial fear for staff within the well being and care professions. “Further coaching for kid and adolescence care, in depth care, wound care or hospice care, for instance, are actually additionally obviously to be counted as running time and paid for by way of the employer,” emphasises the vida chairman.
“The Minister of Well being and the Minister of Shipping have clearly identified the indicators of the days and are taking efficient measures to satisfy the call for for knowledgeable employees. It’s now as much as employers to set the framework prerequisites in order that additional coaching may also be finished smartly. There should be sufficient team of workers for this. The main purpose is due to this fact to design the running prerequisites in any such means that colleagues may also be retained within the respective sectors and that sectors akin to care or highway shipping are sufficiently horny for events and newbies,” says Hebenstreit.
Background: Austria has been in default with the implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the Eu Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 (on clear and predictable running prerequisites within the Eu Union) for over one and a part years, as of one August 2022. Belatedly however however, an initiative proposal to put in force the aforementioned directive was once submitted to the Nationwide Council on the finish of January 2024. This modification was once followed by way of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and therefore followed unchanged by way of the Nationwide Council.
Inquiries & Touch:
Business union vida/public family members Hansjörg Miethling Tel.: 0664 / 6145 733 E-Mail: hansjoerg.miethling@vida.at Web: www.vida.at
