OECD Employment Protection Database

Latest year available

The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of
regulation on dismissals and the use of temporary contracts. They are compiled from 21 items
covering three different aspects of employment protection regulations as they were in force on
January 1st of each year.
Indicators for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have been constructed in
cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and are drawn from the OECDIDB database on summary indicators of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) in Latin
American ad the Caribbean. In these countries, data for 2014 refer to regulations in force on
December 31st, 2013.
Table 1
Table 2

The OECD indicators on Employment Protection Legislation

The detailed items used to compile the summary indicators (see codes below)

Code

Data availability for

OECD countries

REG1

1985-2013

Notification procedures

Name

REG2

1985-2013

Delay involved before notice can start

REG3A

1985-2013

Length of the notice period at 9 months tenure

REG3B

1985-2013

Length of the notice period at 4 years tenure

REG3C

1985-2013

Length of the notice period at 20 years tenure

REG4A

1985-2013

Severance pay at 9 months tenure

REG4B

1985-2013

Severance pay at 4 years tenure

REG4C

1985-2013

Severance pay at 20 years tenure

REG5

1985-2013

Definition of justified or unfair dismissal

REG6

1985-2013

Length of trial period

REG7

1985-2013

Compensation following unfair dismissal

REG8

1985-2013

Possibility of reinstatement following unfair dismissal

REG9

2008-2013

Maximum time to make a claim of unfair dismissal

CD1

1998-2013

Definition of collective dismissal

CD2

1998-2013

Additional notification requirements in case of collective dismissals

CD3

1998-2013

Additional delays involved in case of collective dismissals

CD4

1998-2013

Other special costs to employers in case of collective dismissals

FTC1

1985-2013

Valid cases for use of fixed-term contracts

FTC2

1985-2013

Maximum number of successive fixed-term contracts

FTC3

1985-2013

Maximum cumulated duration of successive fixed-term contracts

TWA1

1985-2013

Types of work for which temporary work agency (TWA) employment is legal

TWA2

1985-2013

Restrictions on the number of renewals of TWA assignments

TWA3

1985-2013

Maximum cumulated duration of TWA assignments

TWA4

2008-2013

TWA: authorisation or reporting obligations

TWA5

2008-2013

Equal treatment of regular and agency workers at the user firm

For more information and full methodology (including weights) see:

www.oecd.org/employment/protection and http://data.iadb.org/
This document is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of
international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.

The OECD indicators on Employment Protection Legislation

Scale from 0 (least restrictions) to 6 (most restrictions), last year available
Protection of permanent
Protection of permanent
workers against
workers against
individual and collective
(individual) dismissal
dismissals

Specific requirements Regulation on temporary

for collective dismissal
forms of employment

OECD countries
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States

2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2013

1.94
2.44
2.99
1.51
1.80
2.66
2.32
2.07
2.17
2.82
2.84
2.41
2.07
2.46
2.07
2.22
2.89
2.09
2.17
2.74
2.62
2.94
1.01
2.31
2.39
2.69
2.26
2.39
2.36
2.52
2.10
2.33
1.59
1.17

Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Venezuela

2014
2014
2014
2014
2012
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014

2.62
1.50
1.72
1.94
1.75
2.34
1.20
1.78
1.21
1.02
2.44
1.55
1.48
1.73
1.75
2.21
1.40
1.99
3.50

Albania
Bosnia-Herzegovina
China
Croatia
Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia

2015
2015
2012
2015

2.49
2.58
3.01
2.30

2015

India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Montenegro
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
South Africa
Thailand
Tunisia

2012
2012
2015
2014
2013
2015
2013
2013
2012
2012
2015
2012
2014
2013

1.57
2.12
2.14
0.92
2.53
2.87
2.10
1.74
2.38
2.60
2.53
2.07
1.45
2.04
1.50
2.35
2.55
1.62
2.29
2.28
1.91
2.84
1.41
2.23
2.20
3.01
1.81
1.99
1.95
2.52
1.50
2.21
1.18
0.49

2.88
3.25
5.13
2.97
0.00
2.13
2.88
2.88
1.63
3.38
3.63
3.25
3.63
3.50
3.50
1.88
3.75
3.25
1.88
3.88
4.38
3.19
0.00
2.50
2.88
1.88
3.38
3.38
3.38
2.50
3.63
2.63
2.63
2.88

1.04
2.17
2.42
0.21
2.42
2.13
1.79
3.04
1.88
3.75
1.75
2.92
2.00
1.29
1.21
1.58
2.71
1.25
2.54
3.83
2.29
1.17
0.92
3.42
2.33
2.33
2.42
2.13
3.17
1.17
1.38
4.96
0.54
0.33

3.88
0.00
2.50
0.00
1.50
4.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
3.38
1.38
1.75
0.00
1.38
3.75
0.00
2.13
3.50

3.04
0.17
0.17
3.29
4.08
2.25
2.96
3.96
2.25
2.25
2.38
0.42
1.04
4.29
1.67
2.88
2.13
4.54
5.21

2.24
2.59
3.31
2.32

3.13
2.56
2.25
2.25

..
..
1.88
2.88

2.29

1.91

3.25

3.50

2.61
2.95
2.29
2.08
2.91
2.42
1.93
2.88
2.47
1.15
2.23
2.01
2.17
1.95

3.49
4.13
3.20
1.67
2.57
2.23
2.71
2.58
2.86
1.61
1.67
2.06
3.03
2.73

0.44
0.00
0.00
3.13
3.75
2.88
0.00
3.63
1.50
0.00
3.63
1.88
0.00
0.00

2.54
2.96
..
..
1.79
3.33
0.29
2.08
1.25
3.46
..
0.58
3.67
0.54

Non-OECD LAC countries*

2.12
2.10
1.41
2.71
1.84
1.67
1.68
2.10
1.70
1.42
2.07
1.63
1.37
2.43
1.90
1.60
1.96
1.93
3.50

Other non-OECD countries and territories

* Indicators for these countries have been constructed within a cooperation project between with the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and are drawn from the OECD-IDB database on
summary indicators of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) in Latin American ad the Caribbean. Indicators for other countries are
under full responsibility of the OECD Secretariat.
Source: OECD/IAB Employment Protection Database, 2013 update. For more information and full methodology (including weights), see:
www.oecd.org/employment/protection and http://data.iadb.org/

Detailed items used to compile the summary indicators

All items are expressed in a scale 0-6
REG1
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States

September 2015

2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2013

2
4
2
2
4
4
4
3
3.5
3
5
4
2
2
2
4
3.5
2
3
4
2
5
3
3
4
4
2
4
3
4
2
4
2.5
0.54

REG2

REG3A REG3B REG3C REG4A REG4B REG4C REG5

1
1
2
0
0
3
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
3
2
0
3
1
2
2
3
1
1
0
2
2
0
0
0

1
3
6
1
3
6
5
2
2
3
3
0
3
6
1
1
4
3
3
6
0
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
1
0

1
2
5
2
2
4
5
2
2
4
2
2
2
5
1
2
3
2
2
4
0
1
1
2
5
2
4
2
1
5
4
4
2
0

1
1
6
1
1
1
2
2
3
1
4
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
0
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
3
2
1
2
0

0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

2
0
0
0
5
3
1
1
0
2
0
2
2
0
2
6
0
0
0
0
4
3
0
0
2
4
1
2
4
0
0
6
1
0

1
0
0
1
3
1
1
1
0
2
0
2
2
0
2
6
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
0
1
4
1
2
4
0
0
6
2
0

REG6 REG7 REG8

OECD countries
4
3
1
2
6
1
0
4
1
0
..
..
6
6
1
0
4
1
0
3
1
4
4
0
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
3
3
1
3
..
0
4
2
0
4
..
0
2
2
0
2
1
4
4
4
2
4
1
2
4
1
2
3
1
5
4
3
3
5
1
0
4
1
5
3
2
0
4
0
2.5
4
3
0
4
1
0
3
3
4
4
2
4
3
6
0
5
1
0
4
2
0
0
1
0
..
..

REG9
2
6
0
2
1
6
2
0
0
0
3
4
2
0
2
2
4
2
6
0
3
2
2
4
2
5
5
4
0
0
0
0
2
1

FTC1
1
0
5
1
2
2
0
1
6
6
1
2
0
6
3
6
2
6
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
0
1
2
0
0
2
4

FTC2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
4
0
4
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
5
5
0
2
4
0
2
0
2
3
0
0
6
0
0

FTC3
5
5
2
0
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
3
4
0
0
0
4
1
0
3
0
3
2
5
4
1
3
0
3
0
5
5
0
0

TWA1
0
0
2
0
4
1
3
1
0
4
1
1
1
3
1
0
1
0
3
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
3
3
2
3
0
0
1
0

0
0.75
3
0
3
0.75
0
3
0.75
3
1.5
1.5
0
0
0
0
1.5
1.5
3
3
2.25
0.75
0
3
3
2.25
3
1.5
2.25
0.75
0
6
0
0

TWA2

TWA3
2
2
4
2
4
2
2
4
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
4
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
4
2
4
4
2
2

TWA4
0
0
5
0
6
4
0
1
1
3
1
1
1
0
0
5
0
1
4
4
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
6
0
0

0
6
2
0.52
1
6
0
0
0
2
6
5
6
6
2
6
6
6
6
2
0
0
0
4
6
6
6
4
6
0
2
6
0
2

TWA5
3
6
6
0
0
6
6
6
6
6
4.5
6
4.5
3
6
6
6
1.5
6
6
6
4.5
0
6
6
4.5
6
6
6
6
3
6
3
0

CD1
4.5
6
4.5
2.745
0
4.5
4.5
6
4.5
4.5
6
6
4.5
4.5
6
4.5
6
3
4.5
6
6
3.75
0
4.5
4.5
6
4.5
4.5
4.5
6
4.5
4.5
3
1.5

CD2
6
3
6
4.29
0
3
3
4.5
0
3
3
3
6
6
6
3
3
6
3
3
6
3
0
4.5
3
1.5
6
3
4.5
3
6
3
4.5
6

CD3

CD4
1
1
4
4
0
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
4
..
2
0
3
1
0
2
1
3
0
1
1
0
3
3
3
1
1
3
3
4

0
3
6
0.84
0
0
3
0
0
3
4.5
3
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
4.5
4.5
3
0
0
3
0
0
3
1.5
0
3
0
0
0

3/4

Detailed items used to compile the summary indicators

All items are expressed in a scale 0-6
REG1

REG2

REG3A REG3B REG3C REG4A REG4B REG4C REG5

Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Venezuela

2014
2014
2014
2014
2012
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
0
2
2
0
4
2
2
4
3
6

0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
2
0
0
3

3
1
0
5
2
1
2
6
0
0
2
2
0
2
3
0
2
0
0

2
1
1
4
3
1
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0

1
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0

2
1
0
0
1
1
1
6
2
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
2
0

4
4
3
0
3
3
4
6
5
6
0
2
5
0
2
0
4
6
0

Albania
Bosnia-Herzegovina
China
Croatia
Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Montenegro
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
South Africa
Thailand
Tunisia

2015
2015
2012
2015

2
3
4
4

3
1
0
2

3
2
3
2

4
1
2
3

2
0
1
2

0
0
2
0

3
3
6
3

REG6 REG7 REG8 REG9 FTC1

Non-OECD LAC countries
5
1
4
1
0
6
3
4
2
2
2
5
3
0
2
3
2
2
0
6
4
4
6
6
3
0
4
0
1
6
3
0
5
1
0
6
2
0
4
1
0
5
6
0
4
0
0
6
5
0
6
1
0
2
6
0
5
1
1
1
0
5
5
5
4
2
2
0
4
1
4
3
2
0
6
2
0
4
0
4
5
2
0
4
0
2
4
4
3
2
0
4
3
2
4
1
5
0
4
1
0
2
2
0
4
2
1
5
0
6
6
6
6
6
Other non-OECD countries and territories
3
0
4
2
0
3
3
4
3
..
5
5
6
4
3
4
6
5
2
2
3
1
4
0

2015
2012
2012
2015
2014
2013
2015
2013
2013
2012
2012
2015
2012
2014
2013

2
5
5
4.5
3
5
2
3
3
4
2
2.5
3
3
4

1
5
6
..
1
2
0
1
1
2
0
1
2
1
2

3
0
0
4
3
3
6
3
3
3
3
1
2
4
3

2
4
0
3
3
2
4
3
2
2
2
1
2
3
2

1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1

1
0
2
1
0
2
2
0
6
3
1
0
0
2
2

1
3
6
1
0
2
4
3
4
3
3
2
2
6
4

1
3
5
1
0
1
2
5
3
1
0
1
2
4
2

4
2
6
4
4
0
4
3
0
5
0
0
1
2
5

3
3
4
4
3
4
4
..
3
4
4
3
3
4
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
..
1
0
3
2
4
3

6
6
6
6
0
6
4
4
6
6
2
4
4
..
0

0
6
5
2
..
1
0
2
0
1
5
2
1
5
5

FTC2

FTC3

TWA1

TWA2

TWA3

TWA4

TWA5

CD1

CD2

CD3

CD4

3
0
0
6
6
0
6
0
6
6
6
0
2
6
6
4
4
6
6

4
0
0
4
4
0
4
6
4
4
4
0
3
5
0
0
6
6
4

1
0
0
3
3
0
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
1
1
5
3

3
0
0
3
3
3
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
3
6

2
2
2
3
2
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
4
4

0
0
0
2
6
5
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
1
6

6
0
0
0
2
6
0
6
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
6
0
6
6

6
0
0
0
4.5
6
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
6
0
3
6

6
0
6
0
1.5
6
0
3
0
0
6
3
3
0
3
6
0
3
4.5

6
0
3
0
3
6
0
0
0
0
3
1.5
1.5
0
1.5
6
0
1.5
3

2
0
1
0

6
3
0
6

0
0
6
0

1
3
1
1

..
..
1.5
0

..
..
4
2

..
..
0
1

..
..
2
6

..
..
3
6

4.5
6
6
3

6
2.25
3
3

2
2
0
3

0
0
0
0

6
4
6
0
0
2
4
0
4
2
0
6
0
6
1

0
0
4
6
0
0
6
1
0
1
4
0
2
5
0

1
0
1
0
1
1
2
0
3
1
1
2
0
3
1

2.25
2.25
1.5
..
..
0
0
0
0.75
0
6
..
0
0
0

2
2
2
..
..
2
4
2
2
3
4
..
2
2
2

4
0
0
..
..
0
0
0
0
0
6
..
0
0
0

6
6
2
..
..
6
6
0
2
0
6
..
2
6
0

6
6
3
..
..
6
6
0
3
3
6
..
0
6
0

3
0.75
0
0
3
6
4.5
0
4.5
3
0
4.5
4.5
0
0

6
0
0
0
4.5
6
6
0
6
0
0
6
0
0
0

4
1
0
0
2
3
1
0
1
3
0
1
3
0
0

0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
0

4
0
1
0
0
3
1
1
0
1
3
0
1

1.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.5
0
1.5
0
0
0
0
3
3

* Indicators for these countries have been constructed within a cooperation project between with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and are drawn
from the OECD-IDB database on summary indicators of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) in Latin American ad the Caribbean. Indicators for other countries are under full responsibility of the OECD Secretariat.
Source: OECD/IAB Employment Protection Database, 2013 update. For more information and full methodology (including weights) see:

September 2015

www.oecd.org/employment/protection

and

http://data.iadb.org/

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