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Master well sinkers, foundation engineering and deep drilling companies / Brief overview

Brief overview of the collective agreement

editorial note Source: Gewerkschaft Bau - Holz


Blue-collar workers / white-collar workers
Blue-collar workers


Applicable in
Austria


In force since
1 May 2023


Results of the latest round of negotiations
  • Increase of minimum wages under the collective agreement by 9.8 %


Minimum wage / minimum salary
  • Simple tasks: from EUR 14.01 to EUR 15.44
  • Tasks requiring qualification: EUR 16.58
  • Tasks requiring high qualification: from EUR 18.27 to EUR 18.95


Apprenticeship pay
1st year of apprenticeship: EUR 6.63
2nd year of apprenticeship: EUR 9.95
3rd year of apprenticeship: EUR 13.26


Supplements and allowances
Various dirt, hardship or hazard allowances.


Working time
The regular working time is 39 hours per week
.
Supplement for extra hours
: usually 50%, during specified times 100%.


Notice periods
Notice period according to the length of the employee’s employment period with the company:
  • Employee: from one week to three weeks
  • Employer: from one week to three weeks


Please note: Expiry of claims
Please note that any and all claims arising from the employment relationship with the employer
lapse within three months
unless asserted in writing. If denied by the employer, an
action
must be
filed
within three months.


Other results achieved regarding socio-political aspects
e.g.
  • Payment of daily allowances for work at external workplaces
  • Special payment: Christmas bonus (
    Weihnachtsgeld
    )
  • Please note: The Construction Worker’s Annual Leave and Severance Pay Act (
    Bauarbeiter-Urlaubs- und Abfertigungsgesetz, BUAG
    ) applies.