New law coming

Home office

What do companies need to look out for in future? What is important for employees? We explain.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/stock.adobe.com, Julia Traxler)

The dining table has been converted into a desk, the short walk to your own fridge is said to have provided an extra kilo or two - working from home has experienced a real boom, fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, and is here to stay. Now a new teleworking law is coming from January 1, 2025. Find out here what will apply.

Every Wednesday, all employees work at the company headquarters in Pasching in Upper Austria, and the various teams usually define a second day when they meet in the office, according to the rules that have been established at tech pet specialist tractive. Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich has agreed to work from home "at least one day a week, maximum two days a week". And even those who opt for the "office first" concept at software specialist MIC, which operates from Linz, work from home on average one day a week ...

Three examples that show how much working from home has become an integral part of everyday working life at Austrian companies - at least since the coronavirus pandemic. At the turn of the year, working from home will become teleworking - all in accordance with legal regulations. What will change from January 1, 2025? What do companies need to pay attention to? What is important for employees? We asked Christina Hödlmayr, lawyer and proven employment law expert at LeitnerLaw, a law firm based in Linz.