Safety service suppliers particularly have just lately been seen for failing to register staff. And this time, too, there have been quite a few violations. In complete, tax arrears amounting to 440,000 euros had been collected, the Ministry of Finance introduced.
On the Donauinselfest, which is organized by the Vienna SPÖ, there have been solely violations in corporations “that weren’t within the ‘strict’ field of regard of the organizer,” in response to the ministry. It is because the organizer labored with “rigorous tips and necessities in addition to an IT-supported management system.”
No or late registrations
374 staff who labored within the safety, cleansing and catering sectors had been examined intimately. It was found that staff had not registered with the medical insurance supplier or had registered late, and that they didn’t have the required paperwork from the labor market authorities that might authorize them to work in Austria. In complete, the monetary police recognized 17 violations of the Basic Social Insurance coverage Act (ASVG), two of the Wage and Social Dumping Act (LSD-BG), two of the Foreigners Employment Act (AuslBG), and three violations of the Working Hours Act.
As well as, a violation of the commerce rules was discovered. Deficiencies in compliance with the money register and receipt issuing necessities had been additionally present in catering institutions exterior the organizer’s watchful eye. In response, the monetary police initiated monetary legal proceedings. As well as, tax arrears totaling round 379,000 euros in money and debt seizures had been collected on the spot.
Intensive checks additionally at AC/DC live performance
From the angle of the monetary police, it might be fascinating for the Donauinselfest to see the rules and management system expanded even additional for future occasions. Parallel to the Donauinselfest, the monetary police, along with the auditing service for wage taxes and contributions and the tax workplace for giant corporations, carried out intensive checks on the AC/DC live performance within the Ernst Happel Stadium on June twenty third.
On the rock live performance, 820 safety workers and 450 catering staff with 175 money registers had been on obligation. The safety space, which was managed by a primary contractor and handed on to eleven subcontractors, was checked. Opposite to the contractual settlement, seven different sub-subcontractors had been recognized who had been working with out the information of the primary contractor. Violations beneath the ASVG and AuslBG occurred primarily on the corporations within the third sub-level. As well as, irregularities had been discovered within the working time data.
12 staff not registered with safety firm
Particularly, twelve of the safety workers checked weren’t registered, and one other didn’t have any papers that had been legitimate for the employment market. Since most safety workers are employed on a case-by-case foundation and never everlasting workers of the corporate, it is just attainable to test retrospectively whether or not the individuals checked are literally correctly registered with social insurance coverage after the contribution foundation has been reported, the Ministry of Finance mentioned in its assertion.
On account of enforceable arrears at an organization within the third sub-level, the monetary police carried out enforcement measures. 54,000 euros had been collected immediately from the tax account.
“Our ongoing efforts to observe main occasions are essential to selling a good working atmosphere for everybody,” says Finance Minister Magnus Brunner (ÖVP). “As a result of that is how we forestall labor exploitation, unlawful employment, undeclared work and tax evasion.” It is about respecting the legislation and honest competitors.
On the event of the present inspections on the Vienna Donauinselfest, the organizers SPÖ Wien, the Professional Occasion Workforce für Wien GmbH and the Wiener Kulturservice affiliation thanked everybody for his or her good cooperation. “We’ve been in intensive contact because the starting of the yr within the planning section and the discussions had been all the time on an equal footing,” mentioned Matthias Friedrich, Managing Director of Professional Occasion Workforce für Wien and Venture Supervisor of the Donauinselfest. An extra database system was applied this yr for all staff and the quite a few subcontractors that had been commissioned, which was meant to systematically forestall additional irregularities. “This appreciable effort has greater than paid off. We’re very happy that we have now been capable of make an essential contribution to the right dealing with of main occasions in Austria,” mentioned Friedrich.
