Austria: templates and forms

Declaration of leaving employment early for good cause (Austria)

Why it matches: You want to quit your job with immediate effect for good cause and claim what you are owed.

The declaration by which an employee in Austria ends the employment with immediate effect for good cause — the vorzeitiger Austritt under § 26 AngG and § 1162 ABGB: pay withheld after a final deadline passed unused, breach of essential contract terms, danger to health, lack of protection, or violence and serious insults. It records the facts and claims notice-period compensation (Kündigungsentschädigung), pay in lieu of leave and the final settlement. An unjustified Austritt costs claims; the Chamber of Labour advises its members beforehand. In German.

Resignation letter (Austria)

Why it matches: You want to quit your job in Austria and hand your employer a resignation letter.

A resignation letter for an employee in Austria (Selbstkündigung): notice ending your employment with the notice period, or during the probation month, on the date you choose or else on the next possible date, asking for confirmation, a written reference (Dienstzeugnis), the final pay and pay in lieu of untaken leave. Austrian law prescribes no form, but many collective agreements (Kollektivverträge) require writing: print, sign and hand it over against a receipt. For white- and blue-collar workers; not for apprentices. In German.

Resignation of a GmbH managing director (Austria)

Why it matches: Something serious has happened in the company and you want to resign with immediate effect.

The declaration by which a managing director of an Austrian GmbH or FlexCo resigns under § 16a of the Austrian Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG) — at once for good cause, otherwise after 14 days or on a later date. The same letter goes to every shareholder; the other managing directors and any supervisory board chair receive a copy. With the request to file the end of the director's authority with the company register (Firmenbuch, § 17 GmbHG) and an acknowledgement of receipt, since receipt has to be proved. In German.

Training cost repayment agreement (Austria)

Why it matches: You want to set out what is repaid if the job ends soon after the training.

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.

Landlord's reminder of rent arrears (Austria)

The landlord's formal reminder to a tenant in Austria who is behind with the rent: the amounts owed for each month, the total, a deadline and the account. Under the Austrian Tenancy Act (MRG) a court notice to quit for arrears (§ 30 Abs 2 Z 1 MRG), like ending the lease under § 1118 of the Austrian Civil Code (ABGB), requires a reminder after the rent fell due that states the arrears specifically. You choose which step follows if the tenant does not pay. The court notice itself is not a letter but is filed at the district court — this is the reminder that must come first. In German.

Small-amount invoice up to €400 (Austria)

Why it matches: You did a small job for a customer in Austria and need to give them a simple invoice.

A template for invoices up to €400 including VAT, with the simplified particulars of § 11 Abs 6 of Austria's VAT Act (UStG 1994): the supplier's name and address, the date of issue, quantity and description of the goods or type and extent of the service, the date or period of supply, the total including tax and the tax rate. The customer, a sequential number and the UID number are not required. For small jobs and receipts a customer needs for the books, on paper or as a PDF. In German.

Contract for work with a freelancer — neue Selbständige (Austria)

Why it matches: You work freelance in Austria without a trade licence and are taking on a design, text or translation job.

A contract for work for freelancers in Austria who are insured as new self-employed persons (neue Selbständige) under the GSVG with the SVS, typically without a trade licence: for a defined result such as a logo, a translation, a text or software. It covers the description of the work, independent performance, the duty to warn under § 1168a ABGB, acceptance, a fixed price or a cost estimate, rights of use and confidentiality. The page explains what sets a Werkvertrag apart from a free service contract: under § 539a ASVG, how the work is actually done decides. In German.

Notice suspending or resuming a trade licence (Austria)

Why it matches: You are pausing your business for a time, for example because of illness or a new job.

The notice to the regional chamber of the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) that you are suspending your trade or resuming it after a suspension — due within three weeks under § 93 Abs 1 of Austria's Trade Act (GewO 1994). With the licence holder, the trade, its location, the GISA number and the effective date: what the chamber needs for an informal notice. The chamber also offers its own form and eServices free of charge; the notice needs no set form, and a letter of your own by e-mail or post is enough. In German.

Application to defer or pay an administrative fine in instalments (Austria)

Why it matches: You have lost your job or had unexpected costs and need more time to pay a fine.

An application to the district authority, the city's Magistrat or the Land police directorate to pay a fine from an Austrian penalty order or penalty decision later or in instalments (§ 54b Abs 3 of the Austrian Administrative Penal Act, VStG): with the file number, the amount, your payment proposal, your financial circumstances and why the difficulty is temporary. If paying at once is unreasonable for economic reasons, the authority must grant a suitable deferral or instalments. In German, ready to print, sign and send with proof of income and outgoings.

Notice of parental part-time work, Elternteilzeit (Austria)

Why it matches: You want to keep your job but cut your hours or change when you work while your child is small.

The written notice of parental part-time work (Elternteilzeit) to an Austrian employer under § 15j of the Maternity Protection Act (MSchG) or § 8b of the Fathers' Leave Act (VKG): start, length, hours and their pattern, the child, and since when you have been employed. You choose whether you claim the statutory right (more than 20 employees, three years' employment) or ask for an agreement. The notice must be in writing, so signed — a plain e-mail is not enough — and must arrive at least three months before the start. In German.

Agreement ending employment by mutual consent (Austria)

Why it matches: You and your employer in Austria agree to end the job by mutual consent instead of giving notice.

A termination by mutual consent of an employment in Austria (einvernehmliche Auflösung), as an agreement between employer and employee: end date, final pay and garden leave, leave and pay in lieu, statutory and voluntary severance (Abfertigung), the written reference and the return of work equipment. It asks about protection under Austria's Maternity Protection Act (MSchG) and Fathers' Parental Leave Act (VKG), which requires writing (§ 10 Abs 7 MSchG), and about the works council (§ 104a ArbVG). The AMS imposes no waiting period afterwards. Not for apprenticeships. In German.

Request for an employment reference (Austria)

Why it matches: You are leaving your job in Austria and the employer has not given you a written reference.

A letter asking the employer in Austria for a written reference (Dienstzeugnis) under § 1163 ABGB and § 39 AngG — a final reference when the employment ends, or an interim one during it, which is issued at the employee's cost. Austrian law owes only the simple reference stating the length and kind of the work, and it may contain nothing that makes finding a new job harder; the letter also asks politely for a favourable description of duties and achievements. In German, to print and sign.

Agreement on training leave or reduced hours for training (Austria)

Why it matches: You want to cut your hours to study alongside your job and need your employer's agreement.

The agreement between employer and employee on Weiterbildungszeit or Weiterbildungsteilzeit — the AMS's names for full release and reduced hours for training, by statute the educational leave (Bildungskarenz, § 11 of the Austrian Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act, AVRAG) and educational part-time (Bildungsteilzeit, § 11a AVRAG) as reformed for 2026: start and end, hours, current education level, the training and its aim. It takes effect only if the AMS grants the training allowance (Weiterbildungsbeihilfe), to which there is no right. The allowance itself is claimed from the AMS, online or at the regional office. In German.

Fixed-term contract of employment (Austria)

Why it matches: You have agreed with a new employee that the job ends on a set date.

A fixed-term contract of employment (befristeter Dienstvertrag) for salaried employees or workers in Austria, in German, with every Dienstzettel item under § 2 AVRAG: the end date and the objective justification that a chain of fixed terms needs, a probation month, a choice between excluding notice during the term and allowing it, § 21 AngG and § 1158 Abs 3 ABGB for terms over five years, the suspension on pregnancy under § 10a of the Maternity Protection Act (MSchG), collective agreement, hours, pay, leave, the severance fund and the social insurer.

Open-ended contract of employment (Austria)

An open-ended contract of employment (Dienstvertrag) for salaried employees or workers in Austria, in German, carrying every item the Dienstzettel must state under the Austrian Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act (§ 2 AVRAG) as amended on 28 March 2024: seat, job and a short description of the work, collective agreement and pay group, probation month, working time and overtime, pay, leave under the Leave Act (UrlG), notice periods under § 20 AngG and § 1159 ABGB, the termination procedure, the severance fund (Abfertigung neu) and the social insurer.