“Lukas Wieser has added immense value to our team over the past years of working together. His sharp, strategic approach, his detailed practices and dedication to the matter at hand are unparalleled.”Austrian traffic engineering and advertising technic group
Lukas Wieser is a specialist in labour, employment and transportation law, as well as employment and commercial litigation with Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich.
Lukas has extensive experience advising clients in all aspects of labour and employment law and representing clients in employment litigations and trials before Austrian courts. He represents clients especially in cases of employment termination challenges as well as in discrimination and (sexual) harassment claims. His work also includes advising foreign and national clients in drafting various types of employment agreements, such as employment contracts and shop agreements, and advising in restructuring processes and transactions. He assists employers in the full range of industrial relations law, from representing them against unions and works councils, to representation against individual works council members. He also assists international and national clients in global mobility and employee immigration scenarios. Hiring and performance management as well as drafting contracts with executives are another focus of Lukas’ expertise.
Lukas also advises clients on data protection, focusing especially on employees’ data. He further advises and represents clients in disputes arising from franchise, distribution & agency agreements. Lukas’ practice further includes the constant support of clients in the transport and logistics sector. He also assists clients in commercial disputes and represents them before domestic courts.
Lukas supports his clients with in-house training in the form of in-house seminars and workshops on all labour law topics, from the implementation of new technical working methods (keyword: algorithmic management) to (better) termination management.
Lukas regularly lectures on employment law at national and international conferences and seminars, and has authored several publications in his field. Additionally, he is a lecturer on HR-issues at the University of Applied Science BFI Vienna.
He was admitted to the Austrian bar in 2016, is a graduate of the University of Vienna (Mag. iur. 2009) and the University of Barcelona (LL.M. 2015).
Lukas works in English (fluent) and German (native).
Highlights of Lukas’ work include the following:
Interested in specific aspects of Lukas’ recent work? Contact vienna@zeilerfloydzad.com for further reference cases.
Professional Experience
Education
Laimer & Wieser, “Das angestellte Management im Arbeitsrecht“, MANZ Rechtsakademie Intensivtagung, 24.11.2022.
Laimer and Wieser (lecturers), “Labour Law and Social Protection” course at BFI Vienna’s Bachelor Program “European Economy and Business Management”, September 2022.
Wieser (panelist), “Can the Real Employer Please Stand Up? Algorithmic Management: Employer’s Authority or Computer’s Responsibility“, AIJA Annual Congress, Singapore, 24.08.2022.
Laimer, Peer & Wieser (authors), “Fehl- und Abwesenheitszeiten in der betrieblichen Praxis” Handbook, MANZ, July 2022.
Laimer & Wieser (speakers), “Intensivtagung Fehl- und Abwesenheitszeiten“, MANZ Rechtsakademie, 24.05.2022.
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
In April 2017, a transport company specializing in high value cargo commissioned a carrier to transport precious metal bearing scrap from Germany to Austria
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
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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
After more than a year of negotiations, the EU and the US announced that they reached an “agreement in principle” on a future Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework.
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„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