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Interesting blog posts from lawyer‘s practice:

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CORONA VIRUS - WHAT EMPLOYEES IN AUSTRIA NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS

CORONA VIRUS - WHAT EMPLOYEES IN AUSTRIA NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS

Mag. Patrycja Gamsjaeger, LL.M.
Attorney at law in Vienna

The coronavirus (COVID- 19) continues to spread across the world. In Austria the government has announced a number of wide ranging measures affecting the society and individuals across the country. As it is continuously adjusting the policies to respond to the challenge, employees as well as their employers in the working world need a guidance on how to best address the situation.

In this blog post the attorney at law Mag. Patrycja Gamsjaeger answers the most frequently asked questions concerning the labour law in Austria.

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WEBSITE OPERATORS USING FACEBOOK'S "LIKE" BUTTON LIABLE FOR COLLECTING AND TRANSMITTING PERSONAL DATA

WEBSITE OPERATORS USING FACEBOOK'S "LIKE" BUTTON LIABLE FOR COLLECTING AND TRANSMITTING PERSONAL DATA

Mag. Patrycja Gamsjäger, LL.M.
Attorney at law in Vienna

According to the recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ, C-40/17 Fashion ID) companies using Facebook "Like" buttons on their websites could be held liable for transmitting personal data to Facebook without user's consent.

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IMMATERIAL DAMAGES (SHOCK AND MOURNING) AFTER A BROTHER’S DEATH

IMMATERIAL DAMAGES (SHOCK AND MOURNING) AFTER A BROTHER’S DEATH

Mag. Patrycja Gamsjäger, LL.M.
Attorney at law in Vienna

Decision of the Austrian Supreme Court (OGH), 27 November 2017, 7 Ob 105/17t

The background of the case:
The plaintiff (34) was the brother of a patient (36) at the trauma surgery department in an Austrian hospital. On 17 April 2010 the patient was admitted to undergo a surgical procedure in order to stitch up the tendon rupture in his left knee.

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Piece of a broken scissors remained in the patient’s body after the heart surgery

Piece of a broken scissors remained in the patient’s body after the heart surgery

Mag. Patrycja Gamsjäger, LL.M.
Attorney at law in Vienna

The patient felt no (physical) pain and there was no way that the broken piece would move somehow in the patient’s body. Nevertheless, the patient was terrified and he couldn’t stop thinking about the foreign material in his body. „What if it moves?“, he asked himself. The patient suffered from a mental stress.