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Mandatory reporting of working hours brings advantages for employees

01. Juli 2025

New regulations from 2026 mean more transparency and stronger enforcement options - for example in the catering industry.

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From 2026, employers will also have to announce the agreed working hours when registering new employees for social security. For employees – for example in the catering industry – this means more transparency and stronger enforcement options.

Compliance with agreed working hours more comprehensible

If you have in black and white how many hours per week you work, you can better understand your salary and plan your free time more reliably. In addition, it is easier to demand compliance with the agreed working hours if it is documented. The mandatory reporting of working hours, which will be introduced on 1 January 2026, is therefore very welcome.

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"If employees finally have insight into how much they work and how much they should get for it, we can also provide them with more targeted support in legal matters."
Roman Hebenstreit, Vorsitzender Gewerkschaft vida

More transparency against social security fraud

This measure is urgently needed, especially in the catering industry: Many employees report that they are registered for significantly fewer hours than they actually perform. Working hours often change at short notice, and it is often unclear to what extent someone is actually employed.

Not only individual employees, but also the general public will benefit from the upcoming regulation: The Austrian Health Insurance Fund will thus receive an important instrument to check whether income and working hours match. "This makes it easier to detect potential social security fraud," says Hebenstreit.

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