Establishment of the Employment Relationship: Conditions for Employment in EU Member States
Establishment of the Employment Relationship: Conditions for Employment in EU Member States

Summary/Abstract: The most important document that sets out the conditions of work, the individual rights and obligations of the parties to an employment relationship is the individual employment contract. This is also the most important contract in the profesional life for the majority of people. Under current national labor laws, the individual employment contract is concluded between an employer and a worker. The individual employment contract stands at the foundation of labor relations, being common across most of the European Union's Member States, with the aim of establishing working and employment conditions, regulating relationships between employer and worker. The present study illustrates the employer’s obligation to inform the employee about the future content of the individual contract and the mandatory provisions of the employment contract, the form of the individual employment contract, European Union’s regulations for non-compliance with the written form of the contract, the probationary period, the working age in different EU Member States, prohibition of children’s work, protection of young people at work in EU space.

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