In the event of flight failure etc.

Late for work due to IT chaos: your rights

Stranded at the airport through no fault of your own? The most important thing in such cases is to inform the employer immediately.(Bild: Krone-Kreativ)

The massive IT problems on Friday also caused chaos in air traffic: many people did not make it back from their vacation in time, and possibly not back to work in time either. What is the legal situation? Is there no pay if you come back late from vacation? We have asked!

What a mess: anyone who urgently needed to get back home from vacation on Friday was out of luck. In some cases, nothing worked at airports and many flights were canceled.

We asked labor law expert Michael Trinko from the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) to assess the situation for Austrian employees and what they can do in this case, but also in other cases of flight cancellations or a missed flight, etc.