Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Working Conditions (Hotels and Restaurants) Convention, 1991 (No. 172) - Austria (Ratification: 1994)

Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention. National policy for the hotel and catering sector and working conditions. The Committee notes the Government’s indications concerning the training programmes offered by the employment service for those employed in the tourism sector. In 2007, approximately 5,000 persons of this sector were involved in training. In fact, training opportunities have increased by 30 per cent since 1995 and the tourism sector accounts for almost 12 per cent of all trainees in the country. The Committee also notes the Government’s indication that the 2007 amendment to the Labour Act by which a statutory overtime premium of 25 per cent was introduced is expected to improve significantly the conditions of work of part-time workers, especially women, who are frequently bound by part-time contracts which are permanently in excess of the agreed limits on working time. The Committee would appreciate it if the Government would continue to provide detailed particulars on legislative measures, policy initiatives and projects designed to improve the working conditions in the hotel, restaurant and catering industry.

Part V of the report form. Application in practice. The Committee notes the statistical information concerning the evolution of the number of employees in the hotel and restaurant sector for the period 2002–07. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to provide up to date information on the practical application of the Convention, including, for instance, statistics on the number of workers employed in the hotel and restaurant sector, if possible broken down by gender and age, labour inspection results, difficulties encountered in the enforcement of relevant legislation, extracts from official reports and surveys addressing questions related to the employment conditions in the tourism sector in general, etc.