“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 (speakers), “Dos and Don’ts bei Managementverträgen” Seminar, MANZ Rechtsakademie, 19.09.2023.
Laimer & Wieser (lecturers), “European Employment Law” course, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna Bachelor Program “European Economy and Business Management”, September 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.
Wieser (panelist), “Gender Identity and its Impact on Employment Rights“, AIJA “Breakfast in America – Transatlantic Challenges” Employment Law Conference, New York/USA, 15.06.2023.
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.
Update Arbeitsrecht | „Aktuelle Rechtsprechung und gesetzliche Neuerungen“
With Hans Georg Laimer, Andreas Tinhofer and Lukas Wieser.
Thursday, 28 September 2023
09:00 CET | The ICON Vienna (Tower 17, Floor 14) Wiedner Gürtel 11, 1100 Vienna, Austria
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
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
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
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.
In 2015, a train of a private German train operator derailed in Kufstein (Austria), resulting in severe damage caused to two of its locomotives.