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| Original name: | Arbeitsruhegesetz (ARG) |
| Name: | Federal Act governing weekly rest periods and rest from work on public holidays (Rest Periods Act - ARG) (BGBl. 1983/144). [Text 25]. |
| Country: | Austria |
| Subject(s): | Hours of work, weekly rest and paid leave |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1983-02-03 |
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| ISN: | AUT-1983-L-42250 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=42250&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Arbeitsrecht, Dittrich, Veit, Tades, Manz Verlag, Vienna, Austria Legislation on-line in German  Bundeskanzleramt, Rechtsinformationssystem (RIS), Austria PDF Act as amended to 2018 (English/German) (consulted on 2012-01-30) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Employees must have a weekly rest period of thirty-six hours without interruption. During that time an employee may only be working under the circumstances provided under section 2, subsection 2 and sections 10 to 18 of this Act, where it is stipulated that only the absolutely indispensable number of employees to maintain the operation of a business can be obligated to work by their employer, with exceptions made for certain special work. The same principles also are valid for public holidays. Consolidated text. |
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