Chamber of Labor Insists on Compensation for Unpaid Overtime

In 2024, employees in Austria missed out on a total of approximately 1.5 billion euros, reports the Chamber of Labor Upper Austria (AK OÖ) on Thursday, citing data from Statistics Austria and its own calculations. This corresponds to around 42 million unpaid overtime hours. Since 2021, 5.7 billion euros for overtime have remained unpaid, it was announced in a press release.

Chamber of Labor: Employees in Austria worked 169 million overtime hours in 2024

In 2024, full-time and part-time employees in Austria worked a total of 169 million overtime and additional hours, according to the chamber. About a quarter of these are not properly compensated, neither through money nor time off in lieu. The AK advises employees to keep precise time records for potential disputes.

(APA/Red)

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