Belgium is made up of three regions: Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels-Capital. There are also four “language areas”: Dutch-speaking (Flanders), French-speaking (Wallonia), Dutch-French bilingual (…
Denmark has a distinctive system of regulating the employment relationship. Traditionally, there was little legislation on employment matters, with collective agreements playing the leading role in…
Employment relationships and conditions in France are extensively regulated by legislation, mainly in the form of the Labour Code (Code du Travail). The Code contains almost all statutory provisions…
Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states (Länder). Employment legislation is primarily a federal matter, though the laws of individual states are important in several areas, such as…
The Italian Constitution sets out a number of principles relevant to employment law, such as non-discrimination and equality, fair pay, equal pay for women and men, and rights to join trade unions…
Employment relationships and conditions in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg are regulated in considerable detail by legislation, mainly in the form of the Labour Code (Code du Travail/Arbeitsgesetzbuch…
Singapore’s key item of employment legislation is the Employment Act, which deals with basic issues such as employment contracts, termination, pay, working hours, part-time work, rest periods, annual…
Spain is made up of 17 regions or “autonomous communities”. While some powers are decentralised to the regions, employment legislation is primarily national in scope, though there are regional…
