Austria’s newly-enacted‚ Home Office Act Summarized: Working From Home, Not Working From Away
The ‘Home Office Act’ (the ‘Act’) entered into force on April 1, 2021. The original text in German may be found in the Official Gazette: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblAuth/BGBLA_2021_I_61/BGBLA_2021_I_61.html ‘Home Office’ means that the employee works his job at the employee’s (or a close relative’s) private residence (including vacation homes), but excluding co-working spaces, hotel rooms, cafeterias, parks…