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After five rounds of negotiations, an agreement has finally been reached. The collective bargaining negotiations for Austria’s private hospitals concluded successfully.
Talks lasted more than twelve hours before employers, during an extraordinary general assembly, approved the new collective agreement for private hospitals. The agreement takes effect on April 1, 2026. Salaries and allowances will increase by three percent, and under certain conditions, employees will gain a legal entitlement to partial retirement and phased retirement.
What the “New” Collective Agreement Includes
Starting April 1, 2026, salaries up to €3,750 will rise by three percent. Salaries above that threshold will increase by 2.75 percent, or by at least €73. A salary agreement for the following year has also already been set: on April 1, 2027, salaries and allowances will increase by 85 percent of the rolling inflation rate.
“Unanimous Approval Was No Longer Possible”
“We are very relieved that, despite initially very different expectations, we were able to reach a consensus. This sends a clear signal of appreciation to our employees. This time, however, unanimous approval among employer representatives was no longer possible, as the size of the increase will be increasingly difficult for many of our members to implement due to funding constraints and the diversity of the institutions,” explained Stefan Günther, Vice President and chief negotiator of the Association of Private Hospitals.
- source: 5minuten.at/picture: pixabay.com
