Labor Regulations throughout the World : An Overview
Between 2007 and 2017, 99 countries initiated reforms in labor regulations that affected World Bank Doing Business labor indicators. The most common topics for reforms are (i) procedural requirements in case of contract termination, and changes in...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/438971533056472599/Labor-regulations-throughout-the-world-an-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30106 |
| Summary: | Between 2007 and 2017, 99 countries
initiated reforms in labor regulations that affected World
Bank Doing Business labor indicators. The most common topics
for reforms are (i) procedural requirements in case of
contract termination, and changes in notification
arrangements; (ii) fixed-term contracts; (iii) severance
payments; (iv) annual leave arrangements, and (v) working
time arrangements. Approximately 48 percent of the reforms
made labor legislation more flexible, and 52 percent
enforced more worker protection. The objective of this study
is to document these reforms, and identify key benchmarks in
labor legislation by country groups. |
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