Grants to Employers for Continued Payment of Wages during Major Damage/ Mountain Rescue Operations – STM
Compensation subsidy of €200 per day for employers in Styria who continue to pay their employees during deployment with a recognized operational organization in major damage or mountain rescue operations (from 8 hours).
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Compensation for employers who continue to pay wages to their employees when these employees are deployed for at least eight hours during a major damage event or mountain rescue operation on behalf of a recognized deployment organization.
Eligible expenses
- Continued payment of wages to employees
Eligible to apply
- Companies
Funding requirements
- Employee must be subject to the Salaried Employees Act, Estate Employees Act, General Civil Code, Agricultural Labor Act, and Austrian labor law.
- Employee must be a member of a recognized deployment organization.
- Employee must not be in an employment relationship with a territorial authority (federal, state, municipality) or a company predominantly owned by a territorial authority.
- Deployment must have occurred as a result of a major damage event or a mountain rescue operation lasting at least eight hours within the meaning of § 3 No. 3 lit. b of the Disaster Fund Act.
- Employee must have been continuously deployed for at least eight hours.
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Documents required for application
- Application
- Confirmation from the deploying organization
Description
In Styria, a direct grant supports employers in the fields of work, disaster protection, and social affairs who guarantee continued payment of wages to their employees serving in a recognized emergency organization during major damage or mountain rescue operations (lasting at least eight hours). The funding provides a flat daily amount of €200 per deployed personnel to reduce the financial burden during deployment periods and to ensure long-term operational readiness. Based on the Disaster Fund Act of 1996 as well as the regional and federal guidelines for compensation of continued wage payments, the State of Styria offers this funding instrument. There is no time limit, as applications can be submitted continuously since September 1, 2019.
Eligible for funding are companies as employers whose employees are subject to Austrian labor law (e.g., Salaried Employees Act, General Civil Code, Agricultural Labor Act) and are not in a public-law service relationship. A continuous deployment duration of at least eight hours and full release with continued full wage payment are required. Only continued wage payments are considered eligible expenses. The application must include the completed form and a confirmation from the emergency organization providing information on the deployment times and the incident. Verification is conducted on a random basis to ensure the traceability of the submitted documents. The required templates and further information are available on the website of the Department of Disaster Protection and Civil Defense.
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