OGH to Decide: WKÖ Works Council Fights for Salary Increase

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The increase in wages of 4.2 percent cost WKO CEO Harald Mahrer the post. However, the Chamber Works Council insists on this.

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Would the salary adjustment for 2026 have had to be 4.2 percent? The Central Works Council of the WKÖ moves to the Supreme Court.

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Now it becomes serious: Works council and employer side of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) move to the Supreme Court because of the controversial salary increase. He is to clarify whether the workforce for 2026 does not have the full 4.2 percent. It is the next round in a causa, which has already cost a chamber president the office.

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Almost a year after the fierce debate about 2.1 or 4.2 percent salary increase, the Central Works Council of the Chamber of Commerce turns to the Supreme Court.