Private Cleaner Not Registered: Couple Must Pay 3000 Euro Penalty

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A woman regularly cleaned for a Lower Austrian couple, as is probably common in many households. According to the administrative court, there is a registered employment relationship

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When you don't have the time or not the skills, ask for help from a relative or an individual may seem obvious. Yet, not all the work can be entrusted freely without a legal framework. If you use an undeclared individual, you risk sanctions, including without knowing it. The good news is that the law allows several types of small work in a well-defined framework. And there are legal platforms and statutes (such as home employment) that allow you…