A new coalition government of the populist Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP) was formed on 4 February 2000. The participation of the populist FPÖ has caused unprecedented severe tensions in Austrian politics
Since the mid-1990s, the city council, the Labour Market Service (Arbeitsmarktservice, AMS) and social partner organisations have been cooperating to improve the employment situation in Vienna, which had been relatively poor for some years. In the late 1990s, these efforts were translated into a
Under current regulations, liberalised to some extent in recent years, shops in Austria may open on weekdays until 19.30 and on Saturdays until 17.00. Compared with other EU Member States, these rules are relatively strict. However, they are not fully utilised by companies. Only slightly more than
Collective bargaining in Austria (AT9912207F [1]) is conducted at sectoral level and is differentiated into a relatively large number of separate agreements (eg for blue- and white-collar workers, or for industrial and craft production). However, it is coordinated across the economy. This is because
The coalition agreement of the current government of the populist Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP), which came to power in early 2000 (AT0002212F [1]), included a planned employment programme for people with
Under current regulations, liberalised to some extent in recent years, shops in Austria may open on weekdays until 19.30 and on Saturdays until 17.00. Compared with other EU Member States, these rules are relatively strict. However, they are not fully utilised by companies. Only slightly more than
The most significant political event which took place in 2000 was the formation of a new coalition government by the conservative People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP) and the populist Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) on 4 February, following the general election in
On 25 October 2000, a first-ever collective agreement was signed for the information technology (IT) sector. The agreement was negotiated by the business consultancy and and IT section (Fachverband Unternehmensberatung und Informationstechnologie) of the Chamber of the Economy (Wirtschaftskammer
The Federation of Austrian Industry (Vereinigung der österreichischen Industrie [1], VÖI) is Austria's second central employers' organisation, alongside the Chamber of the Economy (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKÖ) (AT0009230F [2]). VÖI is a voluntary association (WKÖ membership is compulsory) of
In October 2000, after a short period of negotiation, the social partners - on the employers' side, representatives of the various branch subunits of the Chamber of the Economy (Wirtschaftskammer Österreichs, WKÖ) and, on the union side, the (blue-collar) Metalworking and Textiles Union