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What can you do yourself?

There are a number of things that are important for you to know when you want to work in Austria.

Checklist

Before you start work make sure: 

  1. Get to know about the working conditions in Austria 
    It is important that you learn about payment and working conditions in Austria

    Pay 
    Working conditions 

  2. Get to know about health insurance in Austria  
    Learn about health insurance  

  3. Where to get help 
    Find out who can help you and where you get more information

At the workplace make sure

  1. You get a contract  
  2. Do not sign anything you do not understand. Ask someone to translate or explain. 
  3. Record your working time and your piecework
  4. Control your payslip on a monthly basis
  5. Make sure that you have health insurance   

If you have problems make sure

  1. If you have a contract, read it carefully
  2. Check your working time record, and see if your wage is correct 
  3. Ask your colleagues if they have the same problems, and try to clear with the employer if there is a mistake
  4. If you think there is a mistake in the contact, the chambers for agricultural workers or the union can help you: 
    https://www.landarbeiterkammer.at/ 
    https://www.proge.at/cms/P01/P01_5.1/ueber-uns/kontakte

Useful documents

Your contract is a very important document 

If you do not have a contract you can:

  1. take photos of your working place. 
  2. write down the address and company name.
  3. write down the address of your colleagues, they could be important witnesses. 
  4. If there are problems, claim your demands to your employer and contact your union or your chamber of agricultural workers!