"Hans Georg is very hands-on and his explanations are always practical and solution-oriented. He's an agile thinker and a very creative solution finder"Who is Who Legal 2023
Hans G. Laimer is partner with our firm and is a dedicated specialist in all areas of employment (including benefits, service inventions and pension issues) and industrial relations law.
Hans’ practice encompasses both contentious and non-contentious matters and his client base ranges from small firms to listed multi-national companies across all sectors. His expertise comprises, amongst others, advice on restructuring of businesses and transfers of undertakings, working-time issues, white-collar crime, data protection matters, maternity and paternity issues as well as service inventions and post-termination restrictive covenants.
He regularly assists employers in drafting employment and management contracts, ensuring that the contracts and reward packages offered to employees are designed to incentivise employees in line with the business objectives. Together with his clients, Hans develops industrial relations strategies and defends employers against claims by works council members or employees. He frequently supports his clients in drafting and amending shop agreements and advises his clients on relevant issues in connection with works councils.
Hans is a seasoned litigator and regularly represents clients before Austrian courts, before the Ombuds for Equal Treatment / Disabled Employees and before conciliation boards. He successfully defended employers before employment tribunals in unfair dismissal claims, in discrimination cases and, as well, in connection with requests for re-instatement and wage-and-hour cases.
Hans supports his clients with in-house training in the form of in-house seminars and workshops on all labour law topics, from equal treatment issues, to dealing with the works council for managers, to (better) termination management.
A graduate of the University of Vienna (Mag.iur. 2000; Dr.iur. 2002) and the London School of Economics (LL.M. Labour Law, 2003), Hans is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on labour and employment law. Additionally, he is a lecturer on HR issues at the University of Applied Science BFI Vienna, and author of numerous publications in the field.
Prior to co-founding zeiler.partners in 2014, Hans acted as the employment partner for a major international Vienna-based law firm.
Hans works in English (fluent) and German (native).
Highlights of Hans’ work include the following:
Interested in specific aspects of Hans’ recent work? Contact vienna@zeilerfloydzad.com for further reference cases.
Professional Experience
Education
Laimer & Wieser (speakers), “Dos and Don’ts bei Managementverträgen” Seminar, MANZ Rechtsakademie, 19.09.2023.
Hans Georg Laimer & Lukas Wieser (authors), “Der GmbH-Geschäftsführer als Angestellter – Rechte, Pflichten und Haftungsrisiken”, Second Edition, Verlag Manz, June 2023. Add it to your library.
Laimer & Wieser (speakers), “Fehl- und Abwesenheitszeiten” Seminar, MANZ Rechtsakademie, 06.06.2023.
Laimer & Wieser (lecturers), “Labour Law and Social Protection” course, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna Bachelor Program “European Economy and Business Management”, May 2023.
Laimer & Wieser (authors), “Gender identity under Austrian employment law“, IBA Diversity and Equality Law Committee e-bulletin April 2023.
Congratulations to our Hans Georg Laimer for being selected as one of Who’s Who Legal’s Thought Leaders in Labour, Employment & Benefits for 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
Read through our factsheet covering the new Austrian Whistleblowing Protection Act
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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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
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.
Update Arbeitsrecht | Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und gesetzliche Neuerungen
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer and Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 7 October 2021
09:00 Central European Time