Employment 2025

AUSTRIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Johannes Edthaler and Christina Hödlmayr, Edthaler Leitner-Bommer Schmieder & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Edthaler Leitner-Bommer Schmieder & Partner Re- chtsanwälte GmbH is a dynamic law firm in Austria that specialises in business law, with locations in Linz, Vienna, Graz, Dornbirn, Ried, Kitzbühel, Buda - pest and Prague. The firm’s labour law expert team consists of two partners, two attorneys and two as - sociates. The firm advises national and multinational corporations, as well as small and medium-sized businesses from all industry sectors on all issues related to labour law. This includes comprehensive

advice on individual employment law and collective employment law, representation before all courts and government agencies as well as support when in ne - gotiations with works councils, trade unions, or other interest groups. The firm is currently representing two companies on the issue of the continued validity of the works council’s power of representation in the course of a restructuring, as well as two individuals in litigation concerning the infringement of trade and business secrets.

Authors

Johannes Edthaler is an attorney and partner at LeitnerLaw Rechtsanwälte. He advises nationally and internationally active companies with tailored solutions for labour law, corporate and group law as well as

Christina Hödlmayr is an attorney and partner at LeitnerLaw Rechtsanwälte. She advises nationally and internationally active companies with tailored solutions for labour law, global mobility, immigration topics,

business and contract law, and he also represents them before courts and government authorities. In addition, he focuses on real estate law. He regularly lectures and publishes in his areas of expertise, and he is a lecturer at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz.

and business and contract law, and she also represents them before courts and government authorities. In addition, she is a specialist author and lecturer on her areas of expertise, especially in the field of labour law and the Anti-Wage and Social Dumping Act (Lohn- und Sozialdumping- Bekämpfungsgesetz), regarding which she wrote her doctoral thesis.

Edthaler Leitner-Bommer Schmieder & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH Kapuzinerstraße 38 4020 Linz Austria Tel: +43 732 730 369 Email: office@leitnerlaw.eu Web: www.leitnerlaw.eu

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