Employees receive a number of benefits including pension, unemployment insurance
and healthcare benefits. Every employee in Austria has a legal claim to at least
five weeks' paid holiday per annum. If an employee falls ill, he or she either
continues to be paid full wages or receives sick pay from the social insurance
scheme.
Child labour is prohibited. Young people, women and mothers enjoy special protection as employees. Labour inspectors monitor compliance with the regulations applicable to the place of work (including measures to combat industrial disease and industrial accidents). A state benefit is payable on the birth of a child. Persons with their domicile in Austria who provide for children are also eligible to receive children's allowances.