Training cost repayment agreement (Austria)
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An agreement on repaying training costs under § 2d of the Austrian Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act (AVRAG), in German: in writing, before the training begins and with the exact amount, as the law and the courts require, for training that gives specialist skills usable with other employers too. With a bond of at most four years (eight in special cases), a monthly pro-rata reduction, the cases in which the law excludes repayment (probation, the employer's notice, justified resignation, end of a fixed term) and the rule of § 11b AVRAG that the employer pays for training the job requires.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Employer
- Employer's registered address
- Company register number (FN) and register court, if registered
- Person signing for the employer
- Academic degree (if wanted)
- Employee
- Date of birth
- Employee's address
- Date of the contract
- Training (name of the course)
- Training provider
- Period from
- Period to
- Training costs in euros (the exact amount)
- Breakdown of the costs (fee, exam, travel, accommodation)
- Months bound after the training (at most 48, in special cases 96)
- Additional terms
- City
- Date
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Common questions
- When must an employee in Austria repay training costs?
- Only under a written agreement stating the exact amount, and only for successfully completed training that gives specialist skills usable with other employers too — induction does not count (§ 2d AVRAG). The bond lasts at most four years, eight in special cases, and the amount falls month by month. Nothing is owed if the employment ends during probation, by unjustified dismissal, by justified resignation for cause, at the end of a fixed term, or by the employer's notice, unless the employee's own fault caused it.
- May an employer in Austria reclaim the cost of training the job requires?
- No. Since 28 March 2024 the employer bears the cost of training that the law, the collective agreement or the employment contract makes a condition of the work, and it takes place in working time (§ 11b AVRAG). No repayment can be agreed for it. This agreement is meant only for voluntary training that will also be of use to the employee elsewhere.
- When must Austria's training-cost repayment agreement be signed, and what applies to minors?
- Before the training begins: the employee must know the amount and the terms of repayment before deciding to take the training, and the Supreme Court (OGH) holds an agreement made only after the training has begun to be void. Both sign by hand or with a qualified electronic signature; an e-mail is not a written agreement. If the employee is a minor, the agreement needs the consent of the legal representative (§ 2d AVRAG); the Supreme Court (OGH) does not also require the guardianship court's approval.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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