Notice period: Austria

Work out the last day of the job after a resignation or a notice from the employer. Country: Austria — counted under its labour law.

This is the statutory minimum. A contract or a collective agreement may set a longer period, and then that one applies.

Who is giving notice

Choose both dates: when the job started and when the document was handed over.

How service changes the period

The table for the option chosen above. Your row is highlighted.

ServicePeriod
From the first day1 month

Probation

The longest probation the law allows is 1 month.

During probation the job can be ended at once — no notice period applies.

How it works: Austria

The employer can only end the job on certain days. By law that is the end of a quarter, but contracts often agree the 15th and the end of the month instead. So the period can run out while the job continues for weeks. An employee always gives one month and leaves at the end of a month. Since 1 October 2021 manual workers and salaried staff have the same periods.

Notice can be barred or postponed: sick leave, pregnancy, parental leave, care of a child, military service. The calculator cannot see any of that — if it is your case, take legal advice.

Not covered: termination by agreement, immediate dismissal, fixed-term contracts, severance pay, and a longer period from a contract or a collective agreement.

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