(Austria)
The HOGAST Purchasing Cooperative for the Hotel and Catering Industry regGenmbH is committed to making its website www.hogastjob.com accessible in accordance with § 2 para. 1, Annex 1, Section 1 of the Austrian Web Accessibility Act (BaFG).
This accessibility statement applies to www.hogastjob.com.
Status of Compliance with the Requirements
To evaluate the requirements for the provision of information, we refer to compliance level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 of the W3C consortium.
The website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. The non-compliant aspects are listed below.
Non-accessible Content
The following content is not accessible for the following reasons:
a. Incompatibility with Legal Requirements
| ISSUE | DETAILS |
| POINT 1: No Autoplay Slider | An autoplay slider is being added to improve user experience. |
| POINT 2: Homepage – Hero Slider (Pause/Play Button) | In the future, users will be able to pause or resume the slider using a pause/play button. |
| POINT 3: Buttons with Icon and Text | aria-hidden will be added to icons; aria-labels added to slider arrows. |
| POINT 4: Heading Structure | The semantic structure of headings will be adjusted consistently. |
| POINT 5: HTML Components (e.g., country selection, summer/winter switch) | Some elements are currently not properly operable by keyboard or screen reader, as they are not implemented as interactive elements (e.g., buttons). |
| POINT 6: Closing Overlays | The ability to close overlays using the ESC key will be implemented. |
| POINT 7: Links | Links will be made visually clearer (e.g., through underlining). |
| POINT 8: Color Contrast | Will be revised during the next relaunch. |
| POINT 9: Job Teasers | title attributes will be correctly added to links, aria-hidden added to SVGs, stars given alt-texts, and icons equipped with aria-labels. Icons with text will be restructured into <ul> lists, and color contrast (especially for light blue text) will be adjusted. |
| POINT 10: Empty Alt Texts | Image descriptions will be reviewed, and decorative images will be assigned correct empty alt attributes. |
| POINT 11: SVGs | SVGs will be assigned role="img" and adjusted accordingly to be recognized as images by screen readers. |
These listed incompatibilities (points 1 to 11) will be addressed as part of the next site facelift, but no later than the end of the transition period on June 28, 2030 (applies to existing products/services).
A user guide is available to facilitate access for all user groups.
b. Content Outside the Scope of Applicable Legislatio
The “For Employers” navigation section is not directed at end users but is exclusively reserved for corporate customers.
Feedback and Contact Information
If you have any questions about this accessibility statement, please contact us by email at barrierefrei@hogastjob.com.
Creation of This Accessibility Statement
This statement was created based on an assessment carried out by a third party.
This statement was created on June 28, 2025.
Last updated: June 28, 2025.
(Germany)
The HOGAST Purchasing Cooperative for the Hotel and Catering Industry regGenmbH is committed to making its website www.hogastjob.com accessible in accordance with § 4 of the German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) and the BFSG Regulation (BFSGV).
This accessibility statement applies to www.hogastjob.com.
Status of Compliance with the Requirements
To evaluate the requirements for the provision of information, we refer to compliance level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 of the W3C consortium.
The website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. The non-compliant aspects are listed below.
Non-accessible Content
The following content is not accessible for the following reasons:
a. Incompatibility with Legal Requirements
| ISSUE | DETAILS |
| POINT 1: No Autoplay Slider | An autoplay slider is being added to improve user experience. |
| POINT 2: Homepage – Hero Slider (Pause/Play Button) | In the future, users will be able to pause or resume the slider using a pause/play button. |
| POINT 3: Buttons with Icon and Text | aria-hidden will be added to icons; aria-labels added to slider arrows. |
| POINT 4: Heading Structure | The semantic structure of headings will be adjusted consistently. |
| POINT 5: HTML Components (e.g., country selection, summer/winter switch) | Some elements are currently not properly operable by keyboard or screen reader, as they are not implemented as interactive elements (e.g., buttons). |
| POINT 6: Closing Overlays | The ability to close overlays using the ESC key will be implemented. |
| POINT 7: Links | Links will be made visually clearer (e.g., through underlining). |
| POINT 8: Color Contrast | Will be revised during the next relaunch. |
| POINT 9: Job Teasers | title attributes will be correctly added to links, aria-hidden added to SVGs, stars given alt-texts, and icons equipped with aria-labels. Icons with text will be restructured into <ul> lists, and color contrast (especially for light blue text) will be adjusted. |
| POINT 10: Empty Alt Texts | Image descriptions will be reviewed, and decorative images will be assigned correct empty alt attributes. |
| POINT 11: SVGs | SVGs will be assigned role="img" and adjusted accordingly to be recognized as images by screen readers. |
These listed incompatibilities (points 1 to 11) will be addressed as part of the next site facelift, but no later than the end of the transition period on June 28, 2030 (applies to existing products/services).
A user guide is available to facilitate access for all user groups.
b. Content Outside the Scope of Applicable Legislation
The “For Employers” navigation section is not directed at end users but is exclusively reserved for corporate customers.
Feedback and Contact Information
If you have any questions about this accessibility statement, please contact us by email at barrierefrei@hogastjob.com.
Creation of This Accessibility Statement
This statement was created based on an assessment carried out by a third party.
This statement was created on June 28, 2025.
Last updated: June 28, 2025.