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Bed manufacturing industry / button industry / 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 October 2022 Results of the latest round of negotiations
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•Increase of minimum wages under the collective agreement by 5.0%
Minimum wage / minimum salary
Bed manufacturing industry:
- Simple tasks: from EUR 10.27 to EUR 10.91 (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland) and from EUR 9.82 to EUR 10.47 (Salzburg, Carinthia, Tyrol, Upper Austria, Styria) per hour
- Tasks requiring qualification: EUR 11.54 (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland) and EUR 11.80 (Salzburg, Carinthia, Tyrol, Upper Austria, Styria) per hour
- Tasks requiring high qualification: EUR 12.06 (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland) and EUR 11.98 (Salzburg, Carinthia, Tyrol, Upper Austria, Styria) per hour
Quilt manufacturers:
- Simple tasks: from EUR 9.74 to EUR 10.42 per hour
Button and garment fastening industry:
- Simple tasks: EUR 9.74 per hour
- Tasks requiring qualification: EUR 10.89 per hour
- Tasks requiring high qualification: EUR 11.17 per hour
Working time
The regular working time is 38.5 hours per week
.Supplement for extra hours
: usually 50%, during specified times 100%. Notice periods
For employers and employees:
2 weeks| after 1 year of employment | 3 weeks |
| after 5 years of employment | 4 weeks |
| after 10 years of employment | 5 weeks |
| after 15 years of employment | 6 weeks |
Please note: Expiry of claims
Claims to contractual wages must be asserted within three months after termination of the employment relationship.Please note that all other claims arising from the employment relationship must be asserted within four months after their payment due date.
Other results achieved regarding socio-political aspects
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•Special payment: Christmas remuneration (Weihnachtsremuneration) and annual leave bonus (Urlaubszuschuss)
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•24 and 31 December are days off work