Austria

COVID-19: The obligation for extraordinary civil service exists only when the necessity is proven. A student would have finished his regular civil service in March 2020, but 2 weeks before the end, he was obliged to prolong it as extraordinary civil service due to COVID-19. He took legal action in front of the Federal Administration Court, saying that enough volunteers had come up and other regular civil servants had been transferred according to the needs, so that the prolongation of his service was not necessary. The court didn't accept nor check this argumentation, so that the case went to the Constitutional Court of Austria. It quashed the judgement, saying that the Federal Administration Court had violated the claimer's right of equality in front of the law. The Federal Administration Court has to make a new decision now. [1]