12-hour day: violations are the subject of an investigation – News

After the announcement last week of several cases in which employers had dismissed their employees after refusing to work voluntarily 60 hours a week (according to the "Today" report), the Ministry of Social Affairs, led freely, reacted Monday to ongoing criticism. on the new twelve-hour law.

The Ministry of Social Affairs wants to badyze the cases first

At present, alleged cases of abuse at the Ministry of Social Affairs are still being badyzed, a spokesman for the ministry confirmed Monday. It is only after this badysis that the partner of the coalition ÖVP, in contact with the coalition, can discuss and discuss with him any necessary Nachschärfungen and legal clarifications. The badysis will indicate areas in which improvements or repairs could be made, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs.

On the other hand, in the case of the ÖVP coalition partner, there is little willingness to talk about the new law on hours of work. The party's social spokesperson, August Wöginger, confirmed on Monday in an interview with the "Salzburger Nachrichten", saying that "the law is only two months" and that it was only known that during this period. Cases of abuse had come.

Wöginger sees this as proof that the law itself would work. The ÖVP wants to prevent possible abuses through enhanced controls and harsh penalties for non-compliance, but a reform of the law on hours of work is not (yet) part of the party's plan.

SPÖ is raging: "The behavior of the ÖVP is getting more and more weird!"

As expected, the government's adherence to the new law on hours of work has not been endorsed by the parliamentary opposition. Mandate SPÖ Rainer Wimmer, for example, is enraged by the role "increasingly bizarre" of the ÖVP in the Causa: "First of all, you create a law that states immediately that Employees can only lose and make sacrifices Now they are trying to calm these victims and silence them by offering them legal protection, "said Wimmer, who adds:" Arbeiterkammer and ÖGB can do it better (that ÖVP, Anm.). "

The SP calls for a renegotiation of the Working Hours Act with the union and the Chamber of Labor, but this time it should work "on an equal footing" with the people concerned to find a solution.

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