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Carpenters / 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 2022 Results of the latest round of negotiations
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•Increase of minimum wages under the collective agreement and of apprenticeship pay by 4.0%
Minimum wage / minimum salary
- Simple tasks: EUR 13.15 to EUR 14.57
- Tasks requiring qualification: from EUR 15.08 to EUR 15.55
- Tasks requiring high qualification: EUR 16.16 to EUR 17.49
Apprenticeship pay
| 1st year of apprenticeship: | EUR 4.58 |
| 2nd year of apprenticeship: | EUR 6.14 |
| 3rd year of apprenticeship: | EUR 9.15 |
| 4th year of apprenticeship: | EUR 12.17 |
Supplements and allowances
Various dirt, hardship or hazard allowances for certain tasks. 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: any time to four weeks, in each case on the last working day of a calendar week
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•Employer: any time to four weeks, in each case on the last working day of a calendar week
Please note: Expiry of claims
Please note that any and all claims arising from the employment relationship with the employer lapse
unless asserted within six months
. After termination of the employment relationship, any and all claims arising from the employment relationship with the employer lapse
unless asserted within three months
. If such claims are denied by the employer, an action
must be filed within three months
. Other results achieved regarding socio-political aspects
e.g.-
•Payment of separation allowance (Trennungsgeld)
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•Special payment: Christmas bonus (Weihnachtsgeld)
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•Please note: The Construction Worker’s Annual Leave and Severance Pay Act (Bauarbeiter-Urlaubs- und Abfertigungsgesetz, BUAG) applies.