Austria: staff sickness and training

“Law” is a binding rule. “Official guidance” is not law, but inspectors expect it. “Chef Hygiene default” is a value the app checks against where no rule gives a number.

• LawFood workers must be supervised and trained in food hygiene for their work (EU Regulation 852/2004). Austrian law sets no certificate, hours or renewal.
• Official guidanceThe ministry’s guideline asks for training at least once a year, at hiring and when tasks change, in a language the worker understands. Record place, date, topic, length, trainer and signatures, and keep the record for 3 years.
• Official guidanceHealth instruction (Belehrung), oral and written with a signed form, at the start and once a year.
• Official guidanceSick staff: no food work with diarrhoea or vomiting, infected wounds, or skin disease that cannot be covered. Stay away at least 48 hours after symptoms end, unless an infection is ruled out. Disinfect hands after every toilet visit for 3 weeks. Staff must tell you at once.
• LawStaff who give allergen information by word of mouth must be trained, and the training must be documented (Allergeninformationsverordnung § 3).