A Guide to Employment in the European Union

This guide is designed to provide an overview of employment law in each of the 27 member states of the European Union (“EU”). It has been limited to a general description of the areas of employment law in each Member State that are of most interest:

• how employees are engaged and dismissed;
• the costs associated with employment;
• the rights of employees at the end of the period of employment.

Smyrniou – Employment 2013