A works council chief has caused a stir by calling for more vacation days for Austrians.Wolfgang Katzian, head of the labour union of private employees GPA-djp, said today (Tues) Austrians deserved an additional week off each year. The Social Democratic (SPÖ) member of the federal parliament argued such a move would mean a win-win situation […]
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Opposition leaders fear that the Austrian police force could become a “squadron of midgets” as the interior ministry plans to scrap a minimum body height rule for applicants.A spokesman for the federal interior ministry which is headed by Johanna Mikl-Leitner of the conservative Peoples Party (ÖVP) announced today (Tues) that the plan was […]
Serial robber collared
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Police in Vienna have caught a criminal who threatened staff with a knife and a pepper spray in three robberies.Investigations into the recent series of robberies at a tanning salon, a sex video shop and a tobacconist’s in the district of Leopoldstadt led to drug addict Olaf K. The 23-year-old was put in custody yesterday […]
Under-fire Federal Railways (ÖBB) has apologised to a blind passenger after the man was wandering around an empty station due to misinformation about a train schedule.Roland Spöttling a well-known singer who lost his eyesight aged five was told that the regional train he was on at the weekend would stop in Niederkreuzstetten, Lower […]
Corrupt juridical officers suspended
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More than 20 court officials are facing charges for corruption, it has been reported.Viennese newspapers report today (Fri) that 23 people working for juridical authorities must brace themselves for disciplinary procedures or court cases over their wrongdoings. The dailies claim that the suspected staff, of whom the majority have already been suspended, are accused of […]
Majority unhappy with work-life balance
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Fewer than one out of three Austrians are satisfied with their personal work-life balance.Just 30 per cent of questioned citizens said, they were pleased about how they reconciled their professional duties and family responsibilities.The Centre for Future Studies at the Fachhochschule college in Salzburg said today (Thurs), it also found that a majority of 53 […]
Allianz Austria seeks extra staff
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Insurance company Allianz Austria plans to hire additional employees, it emerged today (Fri).The firm, which belongs to the German Allianz Insurance Group, announced it wanted to engage 280 clerks to match growing demand in its private life insurance products.Allianz Austria has 3,410 staff, an increase since 2009, when the number was below 3,300.Chairman Wolfram Littich […]
Robbery victim collapses and dies
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An elderly Viennese man collapsed and died after he was mugged in a shop yesterday (Weds).Supermarket staff and paramedics failed to resuscitate the 63-year-old who passed out after getting worked up and panicked about his wallet being stolen by a man while he did his shopping at the store in the Alsergrund district.Reports have it […]
A Freedom Party (FPÖ) official has criticised Wiener Linien for failing to evacuate many of its employees after bomb threats.FPÖ Vienna vice chairman Johann Gudenus said today (Thurs) it was “not acceptable” that the Viennese public transport agency evacuates passengers swiftly but does not inform its own staff in the case of a bomb scare […]
Nearly half of all post office clerks applying to work for the police as part of a special labour exchange programme failed basic grammar and spelling tests, it has been announced.The federal interior ministry said today (Thurs) that 759 employees of state-owned postal services provider Post AG and mobile communication services firm Telekom Austria (TA) […]