Employing Workers

HEADQUARTERS

1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433 USA

Location	Notice period for redundancy dismissal for a worker with 1 year of tenure (weeks of salary)	Notice period for redundancy dismissal for a worker with 5 years of tenure (weeks of salary)	Notice period for redundancy dismissal for a worker with 10 years of tenure (weeks of salary)	Notice period for redundancy dismissal (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in weeks of salary)	Severance pay for redundancy dismissal for a worker with 1 year of tenure (weeks of salary)	Severance pay for redundancy dismissal for a worker with 5 years of tenure (weeks of salary)	Severance pay for redundancy dismissal for a worker with 10 years of tenure (weeks of salary)	Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in weeks of salary)	Unemployment protection after one year of employment?
Afghanistan	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	8.7	17.3	26.0	17.3	No
Albania	4.3	13.0	13.0	10.1	0.0	10.7	21.4	10.7	Yes
Algeria	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	No
Angola	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	8.7	12.6	19.5	13.6	No
Antigua and Barbuda	1.7	4.3	4.3	3.4	2.4	12.0	24.0	12.8	No
Argentina	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
Armenia	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	No
Australia	2.0	4.0	4.0	3.3	4.0	10.0	12.0	8.7	Yes
Austria	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Azerbaijan	4.0	6.0	9.0	6.3	6.1	7.4	8.7	7.4	No
Bahrain	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.2	8.6	17.2	9.3	Yes
Bangladesh - Chittagong	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	5.0	25.0	50.0	26.7	No
Bangladesh - Dhaka	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	5.0	25.0	50.0	26.7	No
Barbados	1.0	4.0	6.0	3.7	0.0	12.5	25.0	12.5	Yes
Belarus	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	Yes
Belgium	8.0	18.0	33.0	19.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Belize	2.0	4.0	8.0	4.7	0.0	5.0	20.0	8.3	No
Benin	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.3	6.5	14.1	7.3	No
Bhutan	5.3	9.3	10.3	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Bolivia	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	7.2	14.4	7.2	Yes
Botswana	0.1	4.3	6.0	3.5	2.4	12.0	36.0	16.8	No
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro	4.7	6.4	8.6	6.6	1.6	8.3	16.6	8.9	Yes
Brazil - São Paulo	4.7	6.4	8.6	6.6	1.7	8.3	16.6	8.9	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	1.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Bulgaria	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	Yes
Burkina Faso	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.1	5.4	11.9	6.1	No
Burundi	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.0	8.7	13.0	7.2	No
Cabo Verde	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.9	14.3	28.6	15.2	Yes
Cambodia	2.1	8.7	13.0	7.9	2.1	10.7	21.4	11.4	No
Cameroon	8.7	13.0	13.0	11.6	1.1	6.5	17.3	8.3	No
Canada	2.0	5.0	8.0	5.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	5.0	Yes
Chad	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	0.0	5.4	11.9	5.8	No
Chile	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
China - Beijing	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
China - Shanghai	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
Colombia	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	15.7	30.0	16.7	Yes
Comoros	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.9	4.3	9.8	5.0	No
Costa Rica	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.8	15.2	25.1	14.4	No
Côte d'Ivoire	4.3	4.3	8.7	5.8	1.3	6.5	14.1	7.3	No
Croatia	4.3	8.7	10.7	7.9	0.0	7.2	14.4	7.2	Yes
Cyprus	2.0	7.0	8.0	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Denmark	13.0	17.3	26.0	18.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Djibouti	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Dominica	4.3	8.7	17.3	10.1	0.0	9.0	19.0	9.3	No
Dominican Republic	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.8	20.9	41.8	22.2	No
Ecuador	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.1	27.1	54.2	31.8	No
El Salvador	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	21.4	42.9	22.9	No
Equatorial Guinea	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	6.4	32.1	64.3	34.3	No
Eritrea	2.0	3.0	4.3	3.1	2.0	10.0	25.0	12.3	No
Estonia	4.3	8.6	12.9	8.6	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	Yes
Eswatini	3.4	5.7	8.6	5.9	0.0	8.0	18.0	8.7	No
Ethiopia	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	4.3	10.0	17.1	10.5	No
Fiji	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.0	5.0	10.0	5.3	No
Finland	4.3	8.7	17.3	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
France	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	1.1	5.4	10.8	5.8	Yes
Gabon	13.0	13.0	17.3	14.4	0.0	4.3	8.7	4.3	No
Georgia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	No
Germany	4.0	8.7	17.3	10.0	2.2	10.8	21.7	11.6	Yes
Ghana	2.0	4.3	4.3	3.6	8.7	43.3	86.7	46.2	No
Greece	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.7	13.0	26.0	15.9	Yes
Grenada	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	1.0	5.0	10.0	5.3	No
Guatemala	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	25.3	50.6	27.0	No
Guinea	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.1	5.4	10.8	5.8	No
Guinea-Bissau	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	21.7	43.3	26.0	No
Haiti	4.3	8.7	17.3	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Honduras	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	No
Hong Kong SAR, China	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	1.4	2.9	1.4	Yes
Hungary	4.3	6.4	7.9	6.2	0.0	8.7	13.0	7.2	Yes
Iceland	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
India - Delhi	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.1	10.7	21.4	11.4	No
India - Mumbai	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.1	10.7	21.4	11.4	No
Indonesia - Jakarta	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.3	60.7	95.3	57.8	No
Indonesia - Surabaya	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.3	60.7	95.3	57.8	No
Iraq	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	20.0	10.7	No
Ireland	1.0	4.0	6.0	3.7	0.0	11.0	21.0	10.7	No
Israel	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
Italy	2.9	4.3	6.4	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Jamaica	2.0	4.0	6.0	4.0	0.0	10.0	20.0	10.0	No
Japan - Osaka	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Japan - Tokyo	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Jordan	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Kazakhstan	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	Yes
Kenya	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.1	10.7	21.4	11.4	No
Kiribati	3.0	4.0	4.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Kosovo	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	8.7	13.0	7.2	No
Kuwait	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	2.1	10.7	32.5	15.1	Yes
Lao PDR	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	5.2	26.0	52.0	27.7	No
Latvia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	Yes
Lebanon	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Lesotho	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.0	10.0	20.0	10.7	No
Liberia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.0	20.0	40.0	21.3	No
Libya	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.2	10.8	32.5	15.2	No
Liechtenstein*	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Lithuania	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	Yes
Luxembourg	8.7	17.3	26.0	17.3	0.0	4.3	8.7	4.3	Yes
Madagascar	4.3	6.5	6.5	5.8	1.7	8.3	16.7	8.9	No
Malawi	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.0	10.0	25.0	12.3	No
Malaysia	4.0	8.0	8.0	6.7	1.7	16.7	33.3	17.2	Yes
Maldives	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Mali	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	5.2	8.7	14.1	9.3	No
Malta	2.0	8.0	12.0	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Mauritania	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.1	5.4	11.9	6.1	No
Mauritius	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.9	4.3	8.7	4.6	Yes
Mexico - Mexico City	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.6	21.4	30.0	22.0	No
Mexico - Monterrey	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.6	21.4	30.0	22.0	No
Moldova	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	12.9	13.6	18.6	15.0	Yes
Mongolia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	No
Montenegro	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.3	6.5	13.0	6.9	Yes
Morocco	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	2.2	10.9	27.3	13.5	No
Mozambique	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.2	32.5	65.0	33.2	No
Myanmar	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	17.3	34.7	18.8	No
Namibia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.0	5.0	10.0	5.3	No
Nepal	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.4	42.9	22.9	Yes
New Zealand	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Nicaragua	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	18.8	21.7	14.9	No
Niger	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	5.2	8.7	15.2	9.7	No
Nigeria - Kano	1.0	4.3	4.3	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Nigeria - Lagos	1.0	4.3	4.3	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
North Macedonia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	10.8	15.2	10.1	Yes
Norway	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Oman	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	No
Pakistan - Karachi	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.4	42.9	22.9	No
Pakistan - Lahore	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.4	42.9	22.9	No
Palau	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Panama	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	17.0	34.0	18.1	No
Papua New Guinea	2.0	4.0	4.0	3.3	1.7	8.7	17.3	9.2	No
Paraguay	7.5	10.0	15.0	10.8	2.1	10.7	42.9	18.6	No
Peru	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	14.3	17.1	11.4	No
Philippines	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	No
Poland	4.3	13.0	13.0	10.1	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	Yes
Portugal	4.3	8.6	10.7	7.9	1.7	8.6	17.1	9.1	Yes
Puerto Rico	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Qatar	4.3	8.7	8.7	7.2	3.0	15.0	30.0	16.0	No
Romania	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Rwanda	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	8.7	13.0	17.3	13.0	No
Samoa	2.0	3.0	5.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
San Marino	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	13.0	21.7	43.3	26.0	No
Saudi Arabia	8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6	2.2	10.8	32.5	15.2	Yes
Senegal	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	5.4	9.8	16.3	10.5	No
Serbia	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	7.2	14.4	7.7	Yes
Seychelles	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.4	7.1	14.3	7.6	No
Sierra Leone	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	8.4	47.0	132.0	62.5	No
Singapore	1.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Slovenia	4.3	5.1	6.6	5.3	0.9	4.3	10.8	5.3	Yes
Solomon Islands	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	2.0	10.0	20.0	10.7	No
Somalia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	No
South Africa	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	10.0	5.3	Yes
South Sudan	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	No
Spain	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.9	14.3	28.6	15.2	Yes
Sri Lanka	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	10.8	54.2	97.5	54.2	No
St. Kitts and Nevis	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
St. Lucia	1.0	4.0	6.0	3.7	0.0	10.0	30.0	13.3	No
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	10.0	20.0	10.0	No
Sudan	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	21.7	43.3	21.7	No
Suriname	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	17.3	8.8	No
Sweden	4.3	13.0	26.0	14.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Switzerland	8.7	8.7	13.0	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Taiwan, China	2.9	4.3	4.3	3.8	2.2	10.8	21.7	11.6	Yes
Tajikistan	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	No
Tanzania	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	10.0	5.3	No
Thailand	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	15.0	30.0	50.0	31.7	Yes
Egypt, Arab Rep.	8.7	8.7	13.0	10.1	4.3	21.7	54.2	26.7	Yes
Bahamas, The	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	10.0	20.0	10.7	Yes
Central African Republic	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	17.3	17.3	11.6	No
Guyana	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.0	5.0	15.0	7.0	No
Czech Republic	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	13.0	13.0	11.6	Yes
Congo, Dem. Rep.	4.2	9.8	16.8	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Gambia, The	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	26.0	No
Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
Kyrgyz Republic	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	Yes
Marshall Islands	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Netherlands	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.0	7.2	14.3	7.2	Yes
Congo, Rep.	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	0.0	6.5	14.3	6.9	No
Korea, Rep.	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
Yemen, Rep.	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	No
Venezuela, RB	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
Russian Federation - Moscow	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	Yes
Russian Federation - Saint Petersburg	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	Yes
Slovak Republic	8.7	13.0	13.0	11.6	0.0	8.7	13.0	7.2	No
Syrian Arab Republic	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Ukraine	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	Yes
United Arab Emirates	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
United Kingdom	1.0	5.0	10.0	5.3	0.0	3.5	8.5	4.0	Yes
United States - Los Angeles	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
United States - New York City	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Yes
Timor-Leste	2.1	4.3	4.3	3.6	8.7	26.0	26.0	20.2	No
Togo	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	1.5	7.6	17.3	8.8	No
Tonga	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	No
Trinidad and Tobago	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	2.2	11.9	28.2	14.1	No
Tunisia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.4	26.0	17.2	No
Turkey	4.0	8.0	8.0	6.7	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	Yes
Uganda	4.3	8.7	13.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	No
Uruguay	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.2	26.0	31.2	20.8	Yes
Uzbekistan	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	Yes
Vanuatu	2.0	13.0	13.0	9.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	No
Vietnam	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.7	21.7	43.3	24.6	Yes
West Bank and Gaza	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	21.7	43.3	23.1	No
Zambia	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	8.7	43.3	86.7	46.2	No
Zimbabwe	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	4.3	10.8	21.7	12.3	No

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Washington, DC 20433 USA