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Labour market indicators
Unemployment rate in
2004:
4,6%
(ILO data)
Working population:
Employment by sector:
| Sources: ILO, Eurostat, last available data |
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Employment contracts
The employment contracts are regulated by legal clauses and to a lesser degree by collective agreements and individual negotiations.
The terms of employment contracts cannot be changed, the conditions for hiring and the limits for dismissal are rather rigid.
Salaries
National monthly minimum wage as of 01/01/2003:
1,249 euros
Average wage for a employee
in the manufacturing industry in
2004:
18.24
euros
by
hour
(ILO data)
Social security contributions
Employer: 15.90 %.
Employee:
6.45 %.
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