The content that a written service contract or service note must contain as a minimum was significantly expanded on March 28th. The reason is an amendment to the Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act, which is based on an EU directive.
All service contracts concluded from March 28, 2024 must contain information regarding the termination procedure, company location, a brief description of the work to be performed, the method of payment of remuneration, a note on remuneration for overtime, and, if applicable, information on the conditions for changing Shift schedules, the address of the social insurance provider and a reference to any entitlement to further training. Old contracts do not need to be changed.
Rainer Kraft and Birgit Kronberger, managing directors of “Template Portal”, specializing in labor law, advise companies to quickly adapt the sample service contracts. Since companies often use several variants of contracts (employees, workers, full-time and part-time, temporary, permanent, interns, etc.), this can represent a bureaucratic effort.
