“Andreas Tinhofer as a 'very well-connected' figure and 'an important person in the market', with a 'brilliant brain and huge expertise'.”Chambers Europe 2020
Andreas Tinhofer is a partner with our firm, and an employment law specialist.
Andreas has been advising employers and managers for 20 years in all employment law matters including employee data protection and company pensions. His expertise encompasses issues such as restructuring and social plan negotiations, working time, independent contractors, employee representative matters (including works agreements), termination of employment, company pensions, post-employment restrictions and posting of workers.
He regularly represents his clients before the Austrian courts and other public authorities (e.g. Ombuds for Equal Treatment, conciliation boards).
Andreas has published numerous articles on various employment law issues (e.g. business transfer, dismissals, service agreements of board members and posting of workers). Since 2009 he has acted as National Correspondent of the international legal journal “European Employment Law Cases” (EELC).
Andreas is a graduate of the University of Vienna (Dr. iur. 2000) and the University of Exeter (LLM 1995), with additional study at the Université Paris II (1992). After graduation, Andreas researched and lectured as an Assistant Professor in employment law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), while frequently speaking at seminars for executives and HR managers.
Andreas Tinhofer is a member of the Vienna Bar Association, the Austrian Society of Employment Law and Social Law, the International Society of Employment Law and Social Law and the European Employment Lawyers’ Association (EELA).
Andreas works in English (fluent) and German (native), with a working knowledge of French and basic Spanish.
Highlights of Andreas’s work include the following:
Interested in specific aspects of Andreas’s recent work? Contact vienna@zeilerfloydzad.com for further reference cases.
Professional Experience
Education
Tinhofer (speaker), “Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses“, MANZ Lehrgang Arbeitsrecht 2023, 10.05.2023.
Tinhofer (speaker), “Aktuelle Entscheidungen aus dem Arbeitsrecht“, Linde Jahresdialog Arbeitsrecht 2023, 19.04.2023.
Tinhofer (lecturer), “Rechtsanpassung im Arbeitsrecht” course, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna Master Program “Digital HR Management & Applied Labour Law”, March 2023.
Update Arbeitsrecht | “Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und gesetzliche Neuerungen” (including „Whistleblowing-Must-Knows“ for HR Managers)
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer & Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 20 April 2023
09:00 CET | The ICON Vienna (Tower 17, Floor 14) Wiedner Gürtel 11, 1100 Vienna, Austria
Who are temp employees to report sick leave to? The temp agency? Their current employer?
Update Arbeitsrecht – Spezial | Whistleblowing / Verschwiegenheit / Geschäftsgeheimnis
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer and Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 26 January 2023
09:00 Central European Time
Update Arbeitsrecht | Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und gesetzliche Neuerungen
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer and Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 6 October 2022
09:00 Central European Time
Update Arbeitsrecht | Spezial
„Urlaub und weitere Abwesenheitszeiten“
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer and Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 2 June 2022
09:00 Central European Time
Hybrid | at our offices at Zedlitzgasse 7, 3. Stock, 1010 Wien or Online
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To foster the exchange necessary for rethinking what the legal landscape could look like in a world dominated by automated, data-driven discovery, we brought together international legal experts and experts from science and technology. At the conference, the teams and individual speakers will present their approaches to topics including patent law and blackbox algorithms, protectability of AI generated inventions, access to and protection of datasets, algorithmic bias and more. Join the conference for introductions and updates on legal developments in a data-driven economy fueled by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Speakers include Ryan Abbott (University of Surrey and UCLA, DABUS project), Dr. Ulrike Till (WIPO), Philipp Homar (University of Linz), Jacques de Werra (University of Geneva), Alexandra Ebert and Paul Tiwald (MOSTLY AI), Żaneta Zemła – Pacud (Polish Academy of Sciences), Fabian Stanke (SONN Patentanwälte), Andreas Tinhofer (ZFZ), Matteo Aldeghi (MIT), Christoph Langer (IMBA), Melina Peer (ZFZ). The conference will be moderated by Alexander Zojer (ZFZ) and Lukas Hutter (biotop).
This is an in-person event. Attendance is free of charge, but seating will be limited – for a guaranteed place at the conference, please make sure to register here.
Update Arbeitsrecht | Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und gesetzliche Neuerungen
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer and Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 5 May 2022
09:00 Central European Time
Linde Verlag just released their new cutting edge smart contract maker for human resources management.
Update Arbeitsrecht | Spezial
„Mobbing, (sexuelle) Diskriminierung und COVID-19 Maßnahmen am Arbeitsplatz”
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer and Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 27 January 2022
09:00 Central European Time
The Austrian Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision, published yesterday, that the Austrian statutory Kurzarbeit (short work) provisions do not provide companies’ individual employees with protection against termination of their employment.
