MA 48 criticized

Questions about sick leave: employees under pressure?

Employees on sick leave are put under scrutiny. Purely for reasons of duty of care?(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Wolfgang Spitzbart, zVg.)

A controversial form raises questions about working practices and the treatment of waste collection employees - criticism comes from the Chamber of Labor and the opposition.

In the summer, MA-48 boss Josef Thon praised the positive working atmosphere at Vienna's waste collection service. However, a form leaked to the "Krone" sheds a different light on the way people are treated in the city council. Specifically, it is a questionnaire that employees have to fill in after a period of sick leave if they want to avoid a personal meeting with their superiors. The content of the form is quite something.