Europe Guide 2026 : Austria
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Provided by E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Our Employment Law practice group advises on all areas of individual and collective employment law. The team also has many years of litigation experience in employment law disputes and in advising on due diligences. Our experts advise on reorganizations and restructurings, as well as management contracts.
In particular, our Employment Law practice group is the first choice of leading national and international companies for employment law and labor law litigation.
The Employment Law practice group advises companies on all employment law matters in the context of complex corporate transactions and transfers of businesses. The team is a sparring partner for HR departments on general and strategic issues.
Other key areas of advice include compliance issues (such as data protection issues in the context of employment law) as well as advising executives and executive bodies. We are also experts in advising on criminal labor law (wage evasion and “social dumping,” employee protection, administrative criminal law, etc.).
With its focus on global mobility, the Employment Law practice group stands for internationality. Jana Eichmeyer, Head of the Employment Law practice group, has collaborated with publisher LexisNexis to create the Lexis ContractMaster, a contract drafting tool, and is continuously developing it further.
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E+H Rechtsanwälte advises corporate clients on an extensive range of employment law mandates, including working time arrangements, dismissals, remuneration schemes and labour mobility issues. The team is also well equipped to represent clients before Austrian courts in relation to contentious employment proceedings. Employers from the manufacturing, transportation and financial services industries regularly turn to the law firm for advice.
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E+H Rechtsanwälte assisted ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 with the drafting of an employee participation programme.
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E+H Rechtsanwälte is super fast and provides practical and concrete solutions. The team is really competent and has great experience when it comes to our specific industry.
E+H Rechtsanwälte has a big team, always shows accountability and offers deep market insights.
E+H Rechtsanwälte offers a very responsive team with strong know-how in Austrian employment law. Its pragmatic mindset is also highly appreciated.
E+H Rechtsanwälte's strengths are its response times, quality and commercial approach.
E+H Rechtsanwälte is always very responsive and available in case of emergency. The team understands business constraints and always provides very relevant, pragmatic advice and recommendations.
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Jana Eichmeyer remains a well-known practitioner in the Austrian market, acknowledged for her strength in advisory employment matters such as bonus system implementations, works council participation and labour mobility. She is also well placed to advise on terminations and restructuring-related labour law mandates.
Jana Eichmeyer is a great lawyer who is particularly commercial.
Jana's deep command of employment law is remarkable. She delivers technically precise answers instantly, with absolute confidence and clarity. She is a true expert with both legal depth and commercial instinct.
She instantly grasps the commercial dynamics of a situation and consistently recommends the most effective path forward.
Employment
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