JTI

The Media Outlet has been independently certified according to the JTI Programme and CWA 17493:2019.

Deloitte

Certified by

Deloitte

Date of certification

21/07/2025

Contact details

477 Collins Street
3000 Melbourne
Australia

Media Outlet WZ | Wiener Zeitung Date of first publication 08/04/2025 Date of Latest Change 17/07/2025

16. Professionalism in the Media Outlet

16.1. Recruitment and Training

There shall be professional guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff. This includes responsibilities for implementing diversity policy and staff welfare. Recruitment policy, (use of open competition etc.) and staff welfare principles should be publicly available.

Do you have guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff?

Yes

Do those guidelines contain a diversity policy?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Das Redaktionsstatut legt fest, dass keine Mitarbeiterin und kein Mitarbeiter aufgrund von Geschlecht, Religion, ethnischer Zugehörigkeit und Herkunft, sexueller Orientierung oder Behinderung diskriminiert werden darf.

Do those guidelines cover staff welfare?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Das Redaktionsstatut sieht vor, dass jedes Mitglied der Redaktion das Recht hat, sich ohne Nachteile an den Redaktionsbeirat zu wenden. Der Redaktionsbeirat hat das Recht, Vorschläge zur Verbesserung des Arbeitsumfelds zu machen. Kein Journalist und keine Journalistin darf gezwungen werden, Inhalte zu verfassen, die nicht mit seinen Werten oder seinem Gewissen vereinbar sind.

Are they publicly available?

Yes

What is the URL?

https://www.wienerzeitung.at/si/redaktionsstatut

16.2. Working Conditions, Contract Policy and Labour Relations

Journalistic principles and practice should be supported by the organisational environment including protection for journalistic integrity through adherence to labour laws and regulations, transparency of contract policy and freedom to organise. The duration or nature of the contract should not inhibit a journalist from operating in an ethical manner and the organisation structure should protect that principle.

Do the regulations and guidelines for the employment of staff and engagement of contract journalists protect their editorial independence?

Yes

Are your employees (including freelance) covered by legal contracts and insurance?

N/A

Does your staff have the freedom to organise?

Yes

Do you have an existing structure for social dialogue including a collective bargaining arrangement with appropriate trade unions?

Yes

Are there guidelines for contracts of engagement with freelance journalists?

Yes

Do these guidelines ensure the ability of freelancers to adhere to the editorial principles?

Yes

16.3. Staff Welfare

Responsibility for the welfare of staff and those contracted on a freelance basis should be an important part of a Media Outlet’s role. Organisational Editorial Guidelines should be protective against any form of discrimination and supportive of equality of opportunity. It should ensure safety at work and in the working environment (including remote and online) and have guidelines, which support staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature or have suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work.

Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures protect against discrimination in the workplace?

Yes

Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures support equality of opportunity?

Yes

Does your Media Outlet have a safety at work policy, which includes specific protection for journalists working in hostile environments?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Die Richtlinien zum Mitarbeitereintritt beinhalten Anweisungen zur Arbeitssicherheit. Im seltenen Fall einer feindlichen Umgebung beurteilen die Personalabteilung und die Chefredaktion gemeinsam die Situation, um den bestmöglichen Schutz für die betroffenen Journalist:innen zu gewährleisten.

Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Redaktionelle Mitarbeitende – ebenso wie alle anderen – haben Zugang zu einer Online-Plattform, auf der sie anonym mit professionellen Psycholog:innen sprechen können. Sie werden ermutigt, sich bei Problemen an die Personalabteilung, die Geschäftsführung oder den Betriebsrat zu wenden. Zudem steht eine Betriebsärztin bzw. ein Betriebsarzt zur Verfügung.

Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Wie oben beschrieben, stehen eine anonyme psychologische Online-Beratung, Ansprechpersonen in HR, Geschäftsführung und Betriebsrat sowie eine Betriebsärztin bzw. ein Betriebsarzt zur Verfügung. Zusätzlich unterstützt das Unternehmen betroffene Journalist:innen bei der Beantragung einer Informationssperre (Melderegister) bei den zuständigen Behörden.
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