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Overtime crisis: 60-hour weeks and a lack of payments shock!
In 2024, AK Lower Austria supported 163,000 employees and secured almost EUR 100 million by additional payments.
Overtime crisis: 60-hour weeks and a lack of payments shock!
In 2024, around 163,000 employees in Lower Austria were looking for the support of the Chamber of Labor. This number illustrates the serious situation in which there are many employees: the Chamber of Labor won over over 99 million euros for its clients, which were often retained by illegal wages or other labor law difficulties. "Shocking numbers that show how to deal with employees. Without the Chamber of Labor, employees would never come to the money they are entitled to," emphasized Gerhard Seban, Vice President of the Lower Austria Chamber of Lower Austria href = "https://noe.werkerskammer.at/service/presse/163,000-suchten-hilfe-der-ak-niederoesterreich.html"> Workers' Chamber.
A particularly explosive problem was the unpaid overtime, which many employees learned, especially in gastronomy and trade. "The topic of overtime worked enormously," said Markus Wieser, President of the Lower Austria Chamber of Lower Austria. Many employees often have to wait long for the payment of their overtime. In a more extreme case, an employee from the Zwettl district even came to 1,200 overtime hours without their employer rewarding them. Your complaint with the Labor and Social Court shows how serious the situation is. "We have sued the open amount, the lawsuit is currently at the Labor and Social Court," reported Thomas Kaindl, head of the Department of Regional Tasks at the Chamber of Labor, as in the NÖN is reported.
In addition, the demand for advice on insolvencies of numerous companies that occurred in the region rose. Over 7,000 open payment claims were submitted to the insolvency fee fund, which underlines the enormous burden for employees and the urgency of the support from the Chamber of Labor. In many cases, open claims were repaid within a short time, which helped those affected enormously. The work of the expert: Inside the AK testifies to the necessary support, which can be decisive in such difficult living situations.