PREFACE

An organization's workforce is one of its most important assets, and maintaining good employee relations can be key to ensuring business runs smoothly. For organizations with an international presence, this means being aware of and complying with the employment laws and customs that apply in each country in which they operate.

This Guide focuses on laws and practices relating to the recruitment of staff and the termination of those relationships. It covers 17 jurisdictions – 15 European Union Member States, one candidate Member State, and Switzerland, which, although not a Member State, is a signatory to certain free trade and free movement treaties. Due to the volume of European-level employment legislation, employment law and human resource practice across the region are afforded some degree of similarity. Despite this, however, significant differences apply. This Guide seeks to highlight those differences, and assist organizations to comply with local laws, whilst streamlining its practices and processes, insofar as it's possible to do so.

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The contents of this Guide are for information purposes and provide an overview only. This Guide does not provide legal information on all issues relating to the hiring and firing of employees in Europe and is current as at April 1, 2014 only. Although we hope and believe that the Guide will be helpful as background material, we cannot warrant that it is accurate or complete, particularly as circumstances change after publication. Moreover, the Guide is general in nature and may not apply to particular factual or legal circumstances. This Guide is intended to convey only general information; therefore it may not be applicable in all situations and should not be relied or acted upon as legal advice. Readers seeking to act upon any of the information contained in this Guide are urged to seek individual advice from legal counsel in relation to their specific circumstances.

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